Re: [LAD] Any package builders here?

On 06/01/2011 02:50 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> could you please add a dependency to audio/MIDI app packages for your
> distros, that will set up real-time usage?
>
> The following issue is wide spread:
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Be sure you are able to run audio apps with the right
> privileges, eg.
> > add your user to the "audio" group in /etc/groups and check
> > out /etc/security/limits.conf for these lines
> > @audio - rtprio 100
>

First Planet CCRMA (when jack was in the Planet CCRMA repository) and
now Fedora (which includes jack2 out of the box) have had such
configuration set up for many years - including memory locking.

> I can't see any reason not do add such a dependency. Or is there a good
> reason not to do?

To applications? Nope, not many if any would use SCHED_FIFO or SCHED_RR
scheduling directly, "pro" audio apps rely on jack, and jack already has
a proper configuration in most (all?) audio oriented distros.

-- Fernando
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Received on Wed Jun 1 20:15:04 2011