priority problem

[olaf hochherz]

the programm is still blocking somehow...
also when i use
nice 19 ...
what else can i do ?



 >>>>> @audio - rtprio 99
is the @audio for the programm or for the user?

thanks
olaf








Hartmut Noack wrote:
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> olaf hochherz schrieb:
>> o maybe i explaned it wrong.
>> its the actual svn version.
>> but i do things with sclang wich do not behave like an audio programm.
>> somehow its normal that the programm is blocking the computer.
>> the only thing is that it get a too high priority.
>> how can i give a programm a low priority.
> 
> OK - now I get it ;-)
> You can try to run the prog with moe niceness such as:
> 
> #nice -3 startcommandofyourprog
> 
> 
>> what means the memlock line?
> 
> It allows jack to lock down memory. The RAM will only be used as needed
> by jack. That is: if RAM is needed jack comes first to the amount given
> in this line. If jack does not need all of the memory, other apps can
> use it as usual. I have 1 Gig RAM and allow jack to lock up to 920000 -
> works perfectly well.....
> 
> 
>> thanks
>> olaf
>>
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>>
>> Hartmut Noack wrote:
>>
>> hey olaf,
>>
>>
>> olaf hochherz schrieb:
>>>>> hey list
>>>>>
>>>>> i use supercollider in a way that it is blocking the computer
>> What version of SC is it? The Version from the repos is quite oldish...
>>
>>
>>>>> , because 
>>>>> it get a big priority i think it had to do with this:
>>>>>
>>>>> @audio - rtprio 99
>>>>> @audio - memlock 250000
>>>>> @audio - nice -10
>>>>>
>>>>> in:
>>>>>
>>>>> /etc/security/limits.conf
>> these are sane settings (if you have just 256 MB RAM....)
>>
>>
>> I doubt, the problem lies with SC - all recent and well written
>> Audioprogs should work well with your priority-settings...
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