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On 5/4/07, danni  wrote:

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> > No recommendation, but a few comments;

> >

> > It's fairly straightforward to get X to run without a window manager -

> > just don't start one! This should work well as long as your single app

> > only has a single window. With more than one window, you more or less

> > need a window manager.

>

> The application in question is freewheeling and yes it is single window. I

> have written a script to make all this happen for X including starting jack

> and making all the right connections. I am just not happy with the boot

> speed

> of the current setup.... and am having difficulty finding reliable

> documentation to improve it.

>

> >

> > "Working firewire" depends highly on what firewire hardware you are

> > using, since firewire audio devices don't have the same kind of

> > standardisation that USB devices do. Check with the FreeBoB people.

>

> Yes the device is supported by freebob -> Some minimalist distro's for

> example

> Puppy linux don't ship with Firewire drivers enabled in the kernel and it is

> a conciderable PITA to compile these from source.

>

> > As long as you're not planning to distribute the software packages you

> > build (in which case you have to worry about dependencies and

> > compatibility), it's pretty easy to build your own packages at least on

> > DEB and RPM based systems. Just install Checkinstall, and type

> > 'checkinstall' instead of 'make install' when you've built the software.

> > It will generate a package file automatically.

>

> A deb based system would be ideal.... What I really want though is something

> fairly minimal with good documentation on how to rip out anything unnessary

> out of the boot process.  ~15 seconds to a usuable system would be a nice

> target. A realtime kernel would be great too....

>

I've heard initng is useful for this, high speed booting. Make sure it

doesn't start much and does as much in parallel as possible at boot.
Loki