Re: [LAU] Linux 3.2.0-rt Kernels on Debian Repos!

From: david <gnome@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Feb 25 2012 - 08:11:01 EET

On 02/24/2012 09:31 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> I didn't receive a digest until now, so I'll reply to
>
> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2012-February/083601.html
>
> We could use the vesa driver, I didn't experienced the vesa driver
> neither bad for audio, nor bad for MIDI hardcore-real-time, but it's odd
> regarding to the supported resolutions ;), hence I didn't tested it
> much.

I can use the VESA driver - if I want to see my 1920x1080 LED display
running at 1024x768. Too many apps these days seem to assume you've got
higher resolution than that and become unusable at 1024x768.

> On my machine, an ASUS M2A-VM HDMI with an integrated ATI Radeon
> X1250-based graphics,

I've never heard good things about ATI video and Linux.

> Athlon dual-core 2.1GHz, I unmounted the HDMI
> thingy and mounted a NVIDIA GeForce 7200GS. Using the nv driver I get
> the perfect Linux MIDI DAW. Using the nouveau driver I can use it around
> two minutes with a slow motion performance for the DE and then I need to
> push the reset button, since everything is frozen. I needed to replace
> the ATI with the NVIDI, because the integrated ATI can't be used with 3D
> acceleration. I don't need 3D acceleration for the kernel-rt, but I wish
> to have it supported for a "regular" kernel, since I wish to be able to
> google the earth, if I wish to do, to produce 3D animations, if I wish
> to do etc.. There's no 3.2.0-rt on my machine, latest kernel I use is
> 3.0.x.
>
> I didn't decide to use NVIDIA. When I bought my hardware I didn't have
> the money to buy Intel, I decided to get ATI, since I used NVIDIA
> before. Much of my machine is from bulk garbage.
>
> Here NVIDI is a less PITA than ATI is.
>
> A rose is a rose is a rose. Or: Experimental is experimental is
> experimental.
>
> It shouldn't be the policy to drop something that works and replace it
> with something that currently is "experimental".
>
> The policy shouldn't be Appel"oid", IOW there should be some "elbowroom"
> for the used hardware.
>
> When I (we) get my (our) graphics it (they) works OOTB with Linux DAWs!

-- 
David
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