Re: [Jack-Devel] debian jack/pulse support [ was : Re: JACK in Chrome !! ]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:32 AM, David Henningsson <
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> I haven't read all of this thread, but there are a few things I want to
> point out.
>
> 1) The audio group is not added on Ubuntu, because the "audio" group name
> is already used for another incompatible feature, i e, that of being able
> to exclusively access a sound card even though you are not logged in. See
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/**TheAudioGroup<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/TheAudioGroup>for details.
>

that document includes this line:

"This can be necessary for running low-latency audio without drop-outs, but
is bad from a security and stability point of view, as a process running
with real-time privileges can lock up the entire system completely. "

this is no longer true. it is trivial to configure the amount of time that
RT-scheduled tasks can consume. it can no longer be used as an explanation
of why RT scheduling is problematic.

5) IMO, what we Linux Audio developers need is a greater unification of
> what we want to accomplish and how, and more people with skill and time to
> make that happen. Complaining might help to some degree - at least it's
> better to complain than to just silently walk away in despair - but what we
> really need is more manpower, and skilled manpower.
>

amen. though we need bigger sticks, too.

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