Re: [LAU] Re : zyn/yoshimi on EEE netbook

From: cal <cal@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Nov 11 2009 - 22:01:42 EET

Folderol wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:18:24 +0100
> Frank Neumann <beachnase@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>> I'd just like to chime in here -
>>
>> Josh Lawrence <hardbop200@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>
>> [..]
>>> first blush, things are looking good but there are xruns all over the
>>> place, so I installed the linux-rt kernel from the ubuntu repos.
>>> eventually, yoshimi zombies, so I reboot into my new kernel.
>>>
>>> zombies at every patch switch. adjusted the OscilSize just for
>>> giggles, but it didn't do any good. my only thoughts at this point is
>>> that this netbook just might be too little power for this application.
>> I have been trying every 5 or so updates of yoshimi in the last weeks, and for
>> me it's similar to Josh's experiences:
>>
>> - On an Asus eeePC Netbook, I can set up things fine and can also play the default
>> Sine sound, but normally within a few patch change clicks, yoshimi zombifies.
>>
>> - On an AMD64 2-core desktop PC, after setting things up the first MIDI event
>> received by yoshimi already causes the zombie..so no sound at all here.
>
> This is very strange. I am running on an AMD dual core desktop machine
> and stability is exceptional. However I'm not running ubuntu. I am
> running 64studio 3 beta with some debian squeeze enhancements.
>
> Are you running 'standard' ubuntu or have you added an RT kernel with
> the appropriate adjustments to /etc/security/limits.conf ?
>
Ok. I think I'm starting to get the picture. At 0.34 I tried using the threaded
fftw3 routines. From my observations, that hasn't really contributed anything
worthwhile performance wise, and it's starting to look like that move has brought
instability for some. Give me a moment or three and I'll drop it.

cheers,
 
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