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On 11/10/05, thewade  wrote:

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> Hello,

>

> I have given up on the mainstream Fedora 4 kernel and am trying to build

> 2.6.14-rt5. So far I can get it built and running, but without jack it

> seems.

>

> I am wondering what are the best settings for jack using Ingo's RT

> patch: how do I make the most of the patch?

> (I am trying to use CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y)

> I use qjackctl and my .jackrc is: /usr/local/bin/jackd -u -dalsa -dhw:1

> -r48000 -p128 -n2 -m -H -M

> hw:1 corresponds to the card number from /proc/asound/cards associated

> with my RME Hammerfall Multiface.

>

> I may have to change my .asoundrc as in the mainstream kernel cards 0

> and 1 are switched for some reason (if that is what is sotpping jackd).

> The only message I get is something to the effect of NTpolltime timed

> out, or something... My biggest question is not how to get jackd working

> - I will fix that. I am curious how to get PD running on my machine

> processing complex patches but with a latency of 5.33 msec (128 frame

> buffer size I think) or less. I would even settle fo 10msec (256) with

> no XRUNS.

>

> Thank you all for your help!

> -thewade

>

Hi,

   A few comments:
1) The current kernel from Ingo would be 2.4.16-rt9. I think that rt5

didn;t last very long and had some problems. Please try -rt9.
2) Make sure you reinstall the realtime-lsm package after building that kernel.
3) Make sure you create a realtime group and modprobe realtime to

enable that group:
modprobe realtime gid=600 any=1
where gid=600 is for my realtime group in /etc/groups.
4) Making best use of the kernel requires that you understand the ISR

number for your sound card and reset it's priority higher. This helps

a lot in reducing or eliminating xruns.
5) Remove .jackrc completely and let your system set a new one.
6) Here are my HDSP 9652 settings:
jackd -R -p 64 -d alsa -r 44100 -p 64 -n2 -d hw:1,0
I get a few xruns at -p 64 -n2. I get none at -p 256 -n 2. I am still

looking for the root cause of the few xruns I get at 64/2.
7) Make sure you have the Jack FIFOS mounted on tmpfs.
As a comment, I don't personally like Jack in /usr local. You might

consider rebuilding Jack one of these days with:
./configure --prefix=/usr
Hope this all helps a bit,.
Cheers,

Mark