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Re: [fluid-dev] OOM killer synths and ALSA overruns
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Dave Serls |
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Re: [fluid-dev] OOM killer synths and ALSA overruns |
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Fri, 15 Dec 2006 06:50:49 -0700 |
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 01:36:36 -0800
Ken Restivo <address@hidden> wrote:
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> I've run into the problem outlined in
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2006-11/msg00041.html and I've
> bought 2GB RAM for my machine as a "solution" for now. Yay, it works.
>
> I have a separate, unrelated question too. I'm running 2.6.17 Debian Etch,
> with realtime-lsm module, 1000Hz timer, and desktop preemption. And, running
> fluidsynth from the command line or from qsynth gives me endless reams of
> ALSA overrun error messages:
>
> "fluidsynth: warning: ALSA sequencer buffer overrun, lost events"
>
> Of course, I'm also getting xruns on the audio side too, periodically. At
> some point I'll try desktop preemption patches and see how it goes. But I
> have to wonder if there's something else afoot here.
>
> Thanks!
>
I'm not running such a new kernel, (it's one of those THAC hacks for
Mandriva), so I don't know if full preemption
is a requirement or not. I'm guessing that you have "options realtime gid=xx
mlock=1" set in your /etc/modprobe.conf.
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