[LAU] niceness of Xorg regarding dropouts?

[Peter P.]

* Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> [2023-01-26 11:04]:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:47:14AM +0100, Michael Jarosch wrote:
> 
> > Am 26.01.23 um 10:03 schrieb Peter P.:
> > > Can anyone comment on the
> > > usefulness or experiences with changing it (where would one change it?)?
> > 
> > Sounds like a good idea.
> 
> I'm not so sure. If the audio processing is done in real-time
> threads and these threads do not interact with X in any way
> that could block them (as things should be), then this won't
> help.
> 
> The only way X could interrupt audio in that case is by having
> real-time threads as well, and the nice value won't affect
> those.

Thanks Fons,
I my case I am trying to optimize Pd, which has a GUI that is somehow
interlocked with its audio thread.
best, P