19 Oct
2009
19 Oct
'09
8:47 p.m.
Also, I've noticed that the realtime kernel +
Icewm option *does* reduce
the crash frequency by a huge margin, something which I did not make
clear in my last mail. However, the realtime kernel hung twice on one
occasion (before a live perfomance), forcing me to switch to the generic
kernel, and the crash happened during the performance (does not help
increase my fanbase.. :(). On the whole, I cannot confidently rely on
the linux setup until there is some failsafe in place, and I'm convinced
that it is very, very unlikely for a crash to happen during a live
performance.
Looking forward to suggestions/pointers/questions.
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Guru
I hear you, and you're right, I use Linux live and have had exactly the
same thought. Behavior such as you're reporting, is why I won't use
Ubuntu and several other distros, including updated 64 Studio; I have
been where you are and won't go back :-). If I were you, I would try
AVLinux, use its highly tweaked default kernel, and see how it works for
you. One of the interesting aspects of AVLinux is the default kernel is
not RT, but is capable of running Jack in RT mode anyway. I suspect
that this has kept me out of a lot of trouble. I imagine my latency
using this kernel is higher -- 5.8 ms -- but it's low enough that I
don't have to care, and don't have to worry about issues RT can bring up.
I'm pretty sure that if I weren't running AVLinux, I would probably be
using Sabayon, probably with an RT Gentoo kernel. The stability yet
up-to-date nature of Sabayon has surprised me quite a few times.
I have never had a crash under AVLinux with Qsynth. But I have never
had strong reliability with LinuxSampler, it tends to crash (not the
machine, just the app) when closing, and takes an attempt or two to
reopen when it does. I like my 800MB Yamaha piano sample too, but
ghostess + fluidsynth-dssi gives me an SF2 Steinway which is very good
indeed, and I like Steinway tone better. I did play a real Bosendorfer
once...heavenly...
J.E.B.