[PlanetCCRMA] Fw: Kernel 2.4.20-4.ll.acpi(smp) panic!

[Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano]

> > know, very confusing). As with any other rpm, the kernel is rebuilt from
> > a source rpm, in this case kernel-2.4.20-4.ll.acpi.src.rpm. It is
> > available on the web site, go to the kernel page and follow the link
> > that's there.
> >
> > 2.4.20-4.ll.acpi is (more or less)
> > 2.4.20 + 2.4.21-pre6 + lowlat + preempt + capabilities + variable HZ
> 
> What is this capabilities thingie? Are we talking about the same when it
> gets to change include/linux/capability.h header file? I mean forcing the
> following two definitions?
> 
> #define CAP_INIT_EFF_SET    to_cap_t(~0)
> #define CAP_INIT_INH_SET    to_cap_t(~0)
> 
> This stuff is indeed recomended when compiling MusE's, as suggested on
> site (http://muse.seh.de) on Tommi Ilmonenīs behalf. BTW, MusE 0.6.0pre8
> has been announced

Yes, I tried to build it but failed on the first attempt...

> -- gotta get back to my SuSE to build it too, sometime
> :)

Yes, the capabilities patch is that one. It enables you to run jack with
"-R" without being root, or other programs that use the givertcap suid
executable for that purpose (one of them is muse). 

-- Fernando