1 Feb
2010
1 Feb
'10
7:34 p.m.
hi everyone!
here's a question for sysadmin type low-latency adepts:
i have a general-purpose notebook that doubles as a lean and mean
recording machine. it's opensuse, which means it works nicely with most
bells and whistles, but it also has an awful lot of questionable stuff
running that interferes with stable low-latency performance.
so i usually boot into a ll kernel and kill everything i don't need for
the duration of a session.
to ease that job, i have put the (unused) runlevel 4 back to work:
basically i copied rc5.d into rc4.d and ruthlessly deleted everything i
don't want. now "sudo telinit 4" will slim down my process list.
since the runlevel corresponds with the need for a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
and while we're there, doing a kexec instead of a warm reboot would be
so sexy - has anyone played with that yet?
tia,
jörn
1 Feb
1 Feb
7:45 p.m.
since the runlevel corresponds with the need for a ll
kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
just append a 4 to the grub's boot entry, no?
regards,
karsten
2 Feb
2 Feb
3:42 a.m.
2010/2/2 Jörn Nettingsmeier <nettings(a)folkwang-hochschule.de>de>:
hi everyone!
here's a question for sysadmin type low-latency adepts:
i have a general-purpose notebook that doubles as a lean and mean
recording machine. it's opensuse, which means it works nicely with most
bells and whistles, but it also has an awful lot of questionable stuff
running that interferes with stable low-latency performance.
so i usually boot into a ll kernel and kill everything i don't need for
the duration of a session.
to ease that job, i have put the (unused) runlevel 4 back to work:
basically i copied rc5.d into rc4.d and ruthlessly deleted everything i
don't want. now "sudo telinit 4" will slim down my process list.
since the runlevel corresponds with the need for a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
and while we're there, doing a kexec instead of a warm reboot would be
so sexy - has anyone played with that yet?
Yep, append the runlevel number.
Yep, it's faster. But it's a little troublesome and I was always wary,
because I had to adapt my system's shutdown script to tag along with
kexec.
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5 Feb
5 Feb
10:49 a.m.
On Monday 01 February 2010 18:34:46 Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
hi everyone!
here's a question for sysadmin type low-latency adepts:
i have a general-purpose notebook that doubles as a lean and mean
recording machine. it's opensuse, which means it works nicely with most
bells and whistles, but it also has an awful lot of questionable stuff
running that interferes with stable low-latency performance.
so i usually boot into a ll kernel and kill everything i don't need for
the duration of a session.
to ease that job, i have put the (unused) runlevel 4 back to work:
basically i copied rc5.d into rc4.d and ruthlessly deleted everything i
don't want. now "sudo telinit 4" will slim down my process list.
since the runlevel corresponds with the need for a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
I wrote a tutorial for configuring to autoboot into emacs -sclang a while ago
here:
http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de/MusicTechnology/801
That should cover quite a bit of your needs :)
sincerely,
Marije
and while we're there, doing a kexec instead of a warm reboot would be
so sexy - has anyone played with that yet?
7:30 p.m.
> since the runlevel corresponds with the need for a
ll kernel, i wonder:
> is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
> the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
simply add that number to the command line of grub.
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7:37 p.m.
rashif, marije,
On 02/05/2010 03:45 PM, nescivi wrote:
sweet!
my custom runlevel is all set, and indeed it's just as simple as
appending the runlevel number to my kernel command line! thanks a bunch.
On Monday 01 February 2010 18:34:46 Jörn Nettingsmeier
wrote:
since the
runlevel corresponds with the need for a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
I wrote a tutorial for configuring to autoboot into emacs -sclang a while ago
here:
6 Feb
6 Feb
8:06 p.m.
On Friday 05 February 2010 18:37:26 Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
rashif, marije,
On 02/05/2010 03:45 PM, nescivi wrote:
We are of course quite interested to know which scripts you removed in your
special dedicated audio runlevel :)
sincerely,
Marije
On Monday 01 February 2010 18:34:46 Jörn
Nettingsmeier wrote:
sweet!
my custom runlevel is all set, and indeed it's just as simple as
appending the runlevel number to my kernel command line! thanks a bunch. since the runlevel corresponds with the need for
a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
I wrote a tutorial for configuring to autoboot into emacs -sclang a while
ago here:
7 Feb
7 Feb
4:41 a.m.
On 02/07/2010 01:06 AM, nescivi wrote:
On Friday 05 February 2010 18:37:26 Jörn Nettingsmeier
wrote:
cron, ntp, network, postfix, cups, rpcbind, nfs, smb, bluetoothd, sshd.
in order of what i believe to be importance - cron will generate regular
cpu spikes when dealing with cronjobs, ntp time gaps can confuse ffado,
networkmanager can also misbehave. the rest i haven't had particular
problems with, but i thought why keep them around...
rashif, marije,
On 02/05/2010 03:45 PM, nescivi wrote:
We are of course quite interested to know which scripts you removed in your
special dedicated audio runlevel :) On Monday 01 February 2010 18:34:46 Jörn
Nettingsmeier wrote:
sweet!
my custom runlevel is all set, and indeed it's just as simple as
appending the runlevel number to my kernel command line! thanks a bunch. since the runlevel corresponds with the need for
a ll kernel, i wonder:
is there any way to tell the kernel (via grub) to tell init to ignore
the initdefault in /etc/inittab and go directly to runlevel $FOO?
I wrote a tutorial for configuring to autoboot into emacs -sclang a while
ago here: 
2:18 p.m.
Hehe...
On Sunday 07 February 2010 09:40:46 Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
On 02/07/2010 01:06 AM, nescivi wrote:
I prefer to have my cron-jobs check for "pidof jackd" and start only if no
running jackd is found. Fixes this much cleaner:-)
We are of course quite interested to know which
scripts you removed in
your special dedicated audio runlevel :)
cron, ntp,
Run ntpdate when the interface connects and don't use ntpd...
network,
That is one thing to think about. Wireless tends to not disturb you in the
studio because it has a nice going connection. On location it will screw you
because it regularly checks for known networks. And if you have a wireless
sharing the interrupt with the firewire-controller (like I have), you are
doomed unless you disable wireless...
postfix,
cups,
rpcbind,
nfs,
smb,
sshd.
These all do nothing when no network is present. And even then they aren't
resource-hungry nor blocking higher priorities. But an enabled sshd helps when
some strange things lock up your graphics while doing audio:-)
bluetoothd,
Only does something when there is a bluetooth adaptor...
in order of what i believe to be importance - cron
will generate regular
cpu spikes when dealing with cronjobs, ntp time gaps can confuse ffado,
networkmanager can also misbehave. the rest i haven't had particular
problems with, but i thought why keep them around...
If you are that much into optimization, you should go text-mode only. X and
the kernel-drivers are far more influential on the performance then what you
disabled in the networking-category...
Have fun,
Arnold
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