Stephen Nesbitt wrote:
In this maillist I have seen a lot of warning that
realtime is broken in
Intrepid. Ok that's understandable if not wonderful :-)
I'm using 8.10 on my notebook, an HP G60-125NR. By my experience,
Intrepid is a mixed blessing.
Btw, I'm using the Molnar patched rt-kernel.
But the question is then if one is running Intrepid
what is the proper setup?
I'm looking for something like "The (almost) Perfect Sound Recording Setup
for Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex". This is information I haven't seen and given the
number of questions in reference to Intrepid being asked on this list, one
that might be valuable.
The fundamental requirement is that one is running Intrepid as one's main
system. Replacing Intrepid with Hardy is not an option.
Is this system on a notebook or desktop box ? Perhaps you'll do better
on a desktop machine, but I would not recommend using Intrepid as a
production system on a notebook.
Here are some possibilities that have crossed my
mind:
1) Setup a dual boot Hardy/Intrepid system - doable but a pain because of 1)
the need to reboot and 2) the potential loss of access to one's standard home
directory, tools, email and system configuration.
It's the safest route though.
2) Use Intrepid despite not having access to a
realtime kernel. In this case
information on realistic expectations on latency, how to best configure Jack to
limit xruns, etc would be very nice. In other words, can Intrepid even be used
as a base for music recording and what are the gotchas (if any)?
Frankly, I have so many non-audio related problems with Intrepid that I
can't recommend it at all. See this Ubuntu users forum for more opnions
re: 8.10 :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=963853
Best,
dp