Re: [LAU] Large live recrodings ?

If the program access the HD, then it makes a difference. PAM can't do anything about that. On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote: > In fact I run no cronjobs at all, but if things are given the right > permission and set propper through PAM there should be no problem > running a script as long as it has lower priority as your music > application as I see it. But thanks for the advise anyway. > > /Sv-e > lør, 12 07 2008 kl. 14:25 +0200, skrev Kjetil S. Matheussen: >> >> There is a horrible, at least it was horrible, cron job >> called "slocate". If you have that cron-job, you should >> probably turn it off, since it scans the whole HD >> usually once a day. You can try to run it manually >> to see what happens: "slocate -u" (as root) >> >> >> On Sat, 12 Jul 2008, Svend-Erik Kjær Madsen wrote: >> >>> Dear friends as I said before I'm no techie but I run all my music >>> applications through PAM and as they all are given nice -19 and rt >>> permissions I see no problem at all. I only discover problems if I mix >>> down and have a lot of FX effects in use, let's say over 20. >>> >>> >>> /Sv-e >>> lør, 12 07 2008 kl. 14:13 +0200, skrev Kjetil S. Matheussen: >>>> Arnold Krille: >>>>> >>>>> Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2008 schrieb Kjetil S. Matheussen: >>>>>> Svend-Erik Kj?r Madsen: >>>>>>> Now I'm so pleased with my Multiface though it's just a Steinberg >>>>>>> AudioLink 96 Multiset, I don't regret the money I spend on it, that's >>>>>>> foe sure. And now I'm pretty confident with the thought of selling out >>>>>>> my ADAT's and only use my notebook or my stationary computer for music >>>>>>> recording. >>>>>> Make sure you turn off cron-jobs, or at least the hardisk >>>>>> file find updater [1], before doing any important recordings. :-) >>>>>> [1] Everyone working with audio should probably turn off >>>>>> that cron job. >>>>> >>>>> My big cron jobs check wether "pidof jackd" returns something or not. And if a >>>>> jackd is running, they don't start... >>>>> >>>> >>>> That's a good idea. But what if the file locate updater cron job >>>> has started before you start jack? That could be devastating >>>> if doing a recording of many channels. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Linux-audio-user mailing list >>>> Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org >>>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >>> >>> > >