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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 06:32:30AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

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> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Atte André Jensen  wrote:

> > Hi

> >

> > A friend of mine who would like to use his new UA-25EX with ubuntu on his (i

> > think) x200 (at least it's a 2.4Ghz dualcore 64 bit thinkpad with 6 or so

> > gigs of ram). A very nice machine, that should be great for setting up a

> > linux DAW. However I cannot make it run without x-runs (did the usual

> > limits.conf dance). Whenever a window is dragged, or there's disk activity

> > or something like that there's an x-run.

>

> you will likely need to check into the video driver that is in use.

> although my 6 core system isn't as reliable as i'd like it to be,

> things got a LOT better on the xrun front after i switched from the

> nouveau driver to the proprietary nvidia one.

>

> i used to be able to induce xruns by just moving the mouse pointer

> from one monitor to another. now it takes a lot more than that. mostly

> :(

A more general question: are there any modern video drivers which DO NOT SUCK?
i.e. are there any RT-safe video drivers anymore?
I've stuck with old hardware using Intel Xorg open-source drivers, and always had good results. But if I ever needed new hardware I'm not sure what options would exist.
-ken

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