Hi, Just installed linux-image-rt from bpo, and I am not able to reproduce the behavior ...
I am using an Intel 4 Core CPU, too. Please, tell me about your modifications to: /etc/security/limits.conf best regards, Joël On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 5:28 AM Joël Krähemann <jkraehem...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Please stay on topic. > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 1:42 AM westlake <westlake2...@videotron.ca> wrote: > > > > the system here sets RT for the applications without issue, > > > > Might be but its not related as told you prior. > > > "$ pgrep -fa jack > > 1717 /usr/bin/jackdbus auto > > $ chrt -a -p 1717 > > pid 1717's current scheduling policy: SCHED_OTHER > > pid 1717's current scheduling priority: 0 > > pid 1959's current scheduling policy: SCHED_OTHER > > pid 1959's current scheduling priority: 0 > > pid 1960's current scheduling policy: SCHED_FIFO > > pid 1960's current scheduling priority: 25 > > pid 1961's current scheduling policy: SCHED_OTHER > > pid 1961's current scheduling priority: 0 > > " > > > > " > > $ pgrep -fa ardour-5.12 > > 7358 /opt/Ardour-5.12.0/bin/ardour-5.12.0 > > $ chrt -a -p 7358 > > pid 7358's current scheduling policy: SCHED_OTHER > > .. > > pid 7415's current scheduling policy: SCHED_FIFO > > pid 7415's current scheduling priority: 20 > > pid 7424's current scheduling policy: SCHED_FIFO > > pid 7424's current scheduling priority: 71 > > " > > > > And? Probably due to settings in /etc/security/limits.conf > > > > > the system does not show anything pulseaudio here, > > "$ pgrep -fa pulseaudio > > $ > > " > > If you don't tell GSequencer to use ALSA explicit DBUS may start pulseaudio. > > > > > I do have alsarawjack set for applications that want to connect to jack, > > so here alsa is already being used in this configuration. (~/.asoundrc) > > > > The ags.conf file you provided was tested with and it still causes > > failure even without jack and not configuring alsarawjack.. > > > > The rtkit-daemon.service is running, and limits.conf is set as it is > > supposed to for @audio group.. > > > > The stall occurs with both a custom kernel as well as a bpo-stocked one > > from debian.. both 5.2.x kernels.. > > > > Other applications can get their requested process/threads elevated to RT... > > > > spotted on the ags website, > > > > "systemd-run -p CPUAccounting=false -p MemoryAccounting=false -p > > TasksAccounting=false -p IOAccounting=false -p BlockIOAccounting=false > > --scope gsequencer" > > > > would not make a difference because these would need be set specifically > > for Debian(cgroups), and I suppose it is for the other mainstream > > distributions as well. > > > > ags was tried with various audio settings, different kernels- same error > > message. the bug must be in ags because all other RT applications here > > can be set with rt priority. > > It is NOT AN ERROR. > > > > > recap:: The stall occurs with both a custom kernel as well as a > > bpo-stocked one from debian.. both 5.2.x kernels. The CPU is plenty > > resourceful with 4-core "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670K CPU @ 3.40GHz" with > > 8 gigs ram. The ags software has caused more than 12 stalls. -- > > filesystem checks and other extra things were tried to see if it can > > load past the plugin-loading stage. > > > > Well I am going to look at the BPO kernel. > > Do you have linuxsampler installed? If so try to blacklist its LV2 plugin. > > Try to start GSequencer like following and make sure the > the file $HOME/.gsequencer/ags.conf is provided as prior told: > > LADSPA_PATH="" DSSI_PATH="" LV2_PATH="" pasuspender -- gsequencer > > And tell me if it stalls? > > > If someone knows how to fix this, feel free to give it a look. > > > > cheers, Joël