[linux-audio-user] Real-time kernel

Where is a guide to doing this? I tried this: http://tapas.affenbande.org/?page_id=6 with patch-2.6.19-rc6-rt9 and linux-2.6.19-rc6.tar.gz. Won't boot. I get various messages... I wanted to ask, is there something I can post, and where, to show what is wrong with my configuration? One thing I get repeatedly is "hda_codec invalid_dep_range". I get lots of hits on google- of people asking the same question. The only kernel I have working is not real-time, and jack can't keep up. I see lots of references to how low-latency operation is well understood, but it seems everything changes very quickly and none of the references I can find are definitive. I tried this before, and came away deciding people with deadlines don't use Linux; a real-time kernel has proven to be a pipe dream for me. I have two weeks until the end of the semester and lots of music to do, but I'd still like to use Linux for it. I'm running a laptop with a 2 Ghz AMD64. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. -Chuckk -- "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." -Theodore Roosevelt