[Fedora-music-list] F10 in trouble?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 20:08 +0000, Gareth Foster wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 11:45 -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > Uh? First I hear about this... Unity?
>
> Oops, I meant this http://rpmfusion.org/
> Has CCRMA merged into that?

Nope. 

> > "Don't use the new drivers in Linux kernel versions older than 2.6.27.5.
> > They are too buggy.
> > 
> 
> I've heard all about that from the FFADO bloke. He wasn't amused either.
> 
> > Yes and no. There are two "official" patches for 2.6.24.x and 2.6.26.x
> > kernels. The former is the most stable but too old a kernel to actually
> > work with fc9 and fc10 (X dies). And there are no patches for 2.6.27.x
> 
> Sigh. Sounds like I've no choice but to use the one that locks up all
> the time.

You should give the latest one I released a try. Maybe it will lock less
frequently, it has a couple of fixes for BUG warnings :-) That would be
2.6.26.8-1.rt13.4... It all depends on your usage patterns and your
hardware, it might be also an option to run the Fedora kernel. 

Hopefully we will have a better rt patch in the 2.6.28 timeframe, but I
have not heard anything (loud) yet. 

-- Fernando


> I think its great you're kicking up a fuss anyway Fernando, making music
> on Fedora could be a real selling point for the distro. Its something we
> can do really well, even compared to Windows, Ardour and the like are
> great tools. And look at the support FFADO is getting from hardware
> makers! That never happens in Linux!
> 
> I think it'd be great if CCRMA was in fusion. If the RT kernel was in
> there too. If all the kernel modules were built for this too, that'd be
> a bonus.
> 
> Thanks again for all the info. I've not been driven away from Fedora and
> CCRMA just yet  :)