Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] nice [was: jack, low latency and IO]
From: Jens M Andreasen (jens.andreasen_AT_chello.se)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 18:55:51 EET
On tis, 2004-12-07 at 17:14 +0100, Artem Baguinski wrote:
> Jens M Andreasen <jens.andreasen_AT_chello.se> writes:
>
> > So if you do:
> >
> > # nice -10 audioapp [audioapp-options]
bzzt .. You are so right!
# nice --10 audioapp [audioapp-options]
>
> i couldnt decipher man nice / info coreutils nice so i googled to find
> out [1]
>
> The following nice command executes command-name with a lower
> priority by raising the nice number by 5 units.
>
> $ /usr/bin/nice -5 command-name
>
> In the preceding command, the minus sign designates that what
> follows is an option. This command could also be specified as
> follows:
>
> % /usr/bin/nice -n 5 command-name
>
> ...
>
> Also I've figured that to lower the nice number I'll need root
> priviliges. After patching my kernel [ok, downloading a patched kernel
> ;-P] to be able jack and friends as my normal self?.. or does this
> patch changes the situation?
>
I seem also not to be able to connect to jack without being root
(although the app runs suid root... )
> [time passes]
>
> no, it doesnt change:
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