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On 06/01/2011 02:50 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

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> 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

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> 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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