Hey Edgar, Try a nightly beta build of 0.43, I think this should be fixed:
http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/latest/ .hc On Feb 23, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Edgar Berdahl wrote: > Hi, > > I believe that the -rt flag is still ignored in extended version 0.42.5. To > debug this, I am using my own version of ps which lists the threads and also > RTPRIO priorities: > ps -eLo pid,class,rtprio,ni,pri,pcpu,stat,comm --sort -rtprio > > Depending on your kernel settings, it might be harder for you to verify this, > but I imagine you might find in the source code where it parses "flags" in > .pdextended that it simply doesn't check for -rt. > > If I start pd with -rt specified neither in ~/.pdextended nor on the command > line, I get these priorities: > PID CLS RTPRIO NI PRI %CPU STAT COMMAND > 1299 TS - 0 19 19.8 RLl pd > 1299 TS - 0 19 0.0 SLl pd > 1299 FF 57 - 97 2.1 SLl pd > 1299 TS - 0 19 0.0 SLl pd > > but if I start with -rt "flags" field of ~/.pdextended I get the same > realtime priority for all the pd threads! > PID CLS RTPRIO NI PRI %CPU STAT COMMAND > 1263 TS - 0 19 23.3 RLl pd > 1263 TS - 0 19 0.0 SLl pd > 1263 FF 57 - 97 1.8 SLl pd > 1263 TS - 0 19 0.0 SLl pd > (I even tried putting -rt in two different places in "flags") > > However, if I start using -rt on the command line I get the following > priorities, for which all of the pd threads have at least RTPRIO 6: > PID CLS RTPRIO NI PRI %CPU STAT COMMAND > 1237 FF 6 - 46 30.9 SLl pd > 1237 FF 6 - 46 0.0 SLl pd > 1237 FF 57 - 97 1.1 SLl pd > 1237 FF 6 - 46 0.0 SLl pd > and then I don't get dropouts anymore. So for me, it is essential to use this > option. > > > For the time being, my workaround is simply to put this shell script in ~/bin > to add -rt to the flags every time the user calls pd: > #!/bin/bash > # > # Shell script to make pd always start with -rt, no matter what > # the user types. > /usr/bin/pd -rt $* > > > Warm regards! > - Edgar > > PS. See also: > http://lists.puredata.info/pipermail/pd-list/2006-08/041087.html > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access to computers should be unlimited and total. - the hacker ethic
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