[PlanetCCRMA] [PlanetCCRMANews] the Planet lands on Fedora 10

[David Nielson]

First off, Windows or a Mac will probably not perform better than a 
Linux machine.

Second, do you really *NEED* the NVidia drivers? Can you get by with the 
NV drivers? They do not accelerate anything, but they do work, and they 
don't cause any problem with the -rt kernel.

Third, which kernels have you tried? Right now, the "stable" solution 
seems to be Fedora 8, with the 2.6.24-series -rt kernel from CCRMA. 
Fedora 9 and 10, and the newer -rt kernels, have stability issues.

Fourth, I've never used the Tranzport, so you'll probably have to find 
information on that from the Ardour home page.

Lastly, you **CAN** use Jack without a -rt kernel, by turning off the -R 
option if you start from the command line, or un-checking the "realtime" 
box in the settings dialog in qjackctl. However, you will probably have 
to use very large latencies in order to get it to work without xruns.

Good luck. We're all pulling for you.

David

JOHN LYON wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been struggling looking for a solution to this problem:
>
> I have an NVidia GeForce 9500 GT video card
>     (so I need to use nvidia drivers)
> I want to use Ardour to do some multitrack recording.  
> I'd like to use a realtime kernel
> I need to use X (obviously)
> I need to use jack (obviously).
> I'd like to be able to use my Frontier Tranzport (my recording area and control booth are in two different rooms).
>
> Right now I'm running CentOS, but I can re-install Fedora or any other Linux distro if need be.
>
> My problem is that I can't seem to find a combination of realtime kernel, nvidia driver, and X that works without hanging.  This has put me a couple of weeks behind schedule, and I just don't seem to have an answer.  I don't seem to have a problem when I don't use the realtime kernels.  But I see lots of xruns with jack. Which brings up another question.  Can I make some decent multitrack recordings WITHOUT using the realtime kernel (I"m using a Pentium D dual-core CPU running at roughly .2.8 gigahertz, 2 gig of RAM).   Or do I HAVE to have the realtime kernel.  
>
> Has anyone solved this riddle already?  Or do I just have to bite the bullet and buy a Mac?  Or use Windows?
>
> I'm getting very tired to tweaking and experimenting, and I need to get back to playing music.
>
> Any help would be deeply appreciated.
>
> John
>
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