[PD] Which Linux distribution are you using?

[Pierre Massat]

Hi,
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, plus some ubuntu studio stuff (the audio
packages and the plugins). I also tried the rt-kernel. It didn't work.
But i am amazed, blown away, baffled, etc. Because the generic kernel does
have some crazy rt capabilities indeed. I guess the ubuntu studio packages
must have created the audio group and jack must have written the proper
things in the limit file, but still, it works surprisingly well. Jack can
run in rt with a latency as low 4 ms without any xruns, although it
crashes.It works just fine at 5.33 ms. Even pd itself work with an extremely
low latency (I'd say below 7 ms), I'm assuming that's because it was
configured to run in rt during the install.
I don't even know if i need JACK anymore. Does any of you know how i can
measure the actual latency in Pd? I couldn't tell by ear which config was
faster, Pd alone or Pd plus JACK.
Looks like it time to say goodbye to rt-kernels...

This makes me happy.

Cheers!

Pierre

2010/11/15 András Murányi <muranyia at gmail.com>

> 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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