[PD] Which Linux distribution are you using?

András Murányi muranyia at gmail.com
Mon Nov 15 19:44:39 CET 2010


So, running the aforementioned RT kernel, managed to patch the latest nvidia
driver following these general instructions:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9233282&postcount=5
I'm already happy because it's quite some time that i haven't had the RT
kernel!

As i don't use GEM i cannot tell about it, but Pd got faster. Almost as fast
as the 32-bit Pd was (on 64-bit Ubuntu - Hardy that time). It means i can
almost use my MIDI sequencer patch without the GUI dropping out. Promising!
Now i can dig into the patch for optimisation possibilities, and at the same
time, keep on bugging the community for speeding up the GUI :o)

Do you guys think i shall try it with a current 32-bit Pd to see if the
64-bit version is really slower...?

(on a side note to RT kernel experiences: the CPU got hotter indeed, looks
like i'll have to tweak the cooling fans again...)

Andras

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM, cyrille henry <ch at chnry.net> wrote:

> hello,
> 195.36.24 is the nvidia driver version i'm using. mainly because it's the
> version shiped with ubuntu 10.04.
> i don't know what 260 would offer better, but i think it's not impressive.
> most of nvidia upgrade is adding support for new card.
> anyway, if you don't use graphics for any important stuff, then you
> probably don't care.
>
> i'll be interested to know your impression if you try this kernel for
> pd/Gem.
>
> Cyrille
>
> Le 14/11/2010 18:02, András Murányi a écrit :
>
>> i'm using Ubuntu Lucid with standard kernel (64-bit), and performance in
>> Pd hasn't really impressed me lately... and WHOA i've just found a PPA
>> with RT kernel (https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa/<https://launchpad.net/%7Eabogani/+archive/ppa/>),
>> which i'm
>> very interested in - it's just that it comes with older Nvidia drivers
>> 195.36.24 while the latest drivers from Nvidia are 260.19.21. Now does
>> anyone know if i'll loose anything important with this older (but
>> appropriately patched for RT) graphics driver? (btw i don't use graphics
>> for anything important...)
>>
>> Andras
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:25 PM, cyrille henry <ch at chnry.net
>> <mailto:ch at chnry.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    hello,
>>
>>    you say that you need a RT kernel : did you benchmarck the
>>    difference between a RT kernel and a standard kernel?
>>
>>    anyway, i'm using ubuntu 10.04 with no optimisation.
>>    compiling pd/Gem is very fast and easy, so i don't wait the official
>>    package...
>>
>>    cyrille
>>
>>    Le 14/11/2010 13:48, Pierre Massat a écrit :
>>
>>        Hi all!
>>
>>        I have realized lately that Fedora/PlanetCCRMA may not be the
>>        best linux
>>        rt distro out there in terms of updates for Pd. So I wanted to
>>        conduct a
>>        survey among pd-list members to know who is using what. It seems
>>        like
>>        Ubuntu Studio is the distro that's most frequently updated. Too bed
>>        because the last time i tried to install it on my laptop it
>>        didn't work...
>>        Any advice would be appreciated.
>>        I need a rt kernel, of course...
>>
>>        Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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