On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 19:32 +0100, Folderol wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:53:28 +0200
> Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 16:38 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 16:36 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 15:09 +0100, Folderol wrote:
> > > > > On Sat, 02 Oct 2010 16:02:38 +0200
> > > > > Ralf Mardorf <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > <snip>
> > > > > > You still might prefer Rosegarden, but note that usage of hr
> > > > > > timer will freeze Rosegarden, resp. the complete Linux.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What do you mean by 'high resolution', and which version of 
> > > > > Rosegarden?
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have *never* had a freeze due to timer issues.
> > > > 
> > > > sudo chgrp audio /dev/hpet
> > > > sudo sysctl -w dev.hpet.max-user-freq=64
> > > > sudo modprobe snd-hrtimer
> > > > 
> > > > I guess 'sudo sysctl -w dev.hpet.max-user-freq=64' isn't needed, but I
> > > > got different information about this.
> > > > 
> > > > The kernel has to be build to support hr timer.
> > > > 
> > > > This might not be the case for a default 3.0 beta
> > > > 
> > > > cat /media/studio3.0/boot/config-2.6.29-1-multimedia-amd64 | grep
> > > > CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER
> > > > # CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER is not set
> > > > 
> > > > but it is for a default 3.3 alpha
> > > > 
> > > > cat /media/studio3.3/boot/config-2.6.31-2-multimedia-amd64 | grep
> > > > CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER
> > > > CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER=m
> > > > 
> > > > You might test it with a current version of Rosegarden.
> > > > 
> > > > - Ralf
> > > 
> > > PS: And don't forget to change the ALSA sequencer timer to hr timer
> > > (HPET).
> > 
> > To complete it, this must be done by Rosegarden. I'm off now ;). Sorry
> > for that amount of PSs.
> 
> Thanks for all the info, but it is unfortunately far too much work when
> (to me) the system works well enough.
> 
> I'm very much in the position of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and
> only perform very occasional minor tweaks on this machine.

Never change a winning team!

Ralf

PS: But make two or more backups ;).

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