3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Hi all,
Here's an update fixing some of the worst bugs in 3.3-alpha1. Grub and cdd-config bugs are fixed, for a smoother installation experience. Features: Real-time Linux kernel 2.6.31 (or 2.6.33 later) JACK 1.9.5 or later FFADO 2.0 or later LXDE in place of GNOME EXT4 file system by default GRUB 2 prerelease by default wicd in place of gnome-network-manager The return of Debian-style root user accounts! Iso images (379MB) for CD-R or DVD-R installation are available here: http://pdk.64studio.com/projects/64studio/karmic/images/ There is also documentation for installing from a USB memory stick here: http://pdk.64studio.com/projects/64studio/karmic/install_from_usb_stick.txt As this is an alpha release, expect breakage - this version is not for production use. Here are some of the known bugs you will encounter: 0. The amd64 version has not been tested yet (for a change). i386 version is now tested and known to work. 1. The installer asks a question about setting up jackd for realtime use. Answer yes here, of course. You may also see a question about downloading extra language packages. 2. After install, the gdm session defaults to xterm - select lxde from the drop-down menu on the lower right instead. 3. Your user account must be added to the audio group in /etc/group manually, before you log in and start JACK. For example, open an xterm with a right click on the LXDE desktop, su to root and enter the command: adduser myusername audio Otherwise you won't be able to lock memory or get real-time scheduling. 4. A 64 Studio apt repo is set up on the distro, but of course there is no stable source yet, so apt-get update will result in a 404 error unless you comment out this source. 5. amSynth is installed but shows up on the Other menu instead of the Sound & Video menu. 6. amSynth has a menu item under Utils -> Virtual Keyboard which does not seem compatible with vmpk, the replacement for vkeybd. Cheers! Daniel _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Hi all,
Here's an update fixing some of the worst bugs in 3.3-alpha1. Grub and cdd-config bugs are fixed, for a smoother installation experience. Features: Real-time Linux kernel 2.6.31 (or 2.6.33 later) JACK 1.9.5 or later FFADO 2.0 or later LXDE in place of GNOME EXT4 file system by default GRUB 2 prerelease by default wicd in place of gnome-network-manager The return of Debian-style root user accounts! Iso images (379MB) for CD-R or DVD-R installation are available here: http://pdk.64studio.com/projects/64studio/karmic/images/ There is also documentation for installing from a USB memory stick here: http://pdk.64studio.com/projects/64studio/karmic/install_from_usb_stick.txt As this is an alpha release, expect breakage - this version is not for production use. Here are some of the known bugs you will encounter: 0. The amd64 version has not been tested yet (for a change). i386 version is now tested and known to work. 1. The installer asks a question about setting up jackd for realtime use. Answer yes here, of course. You may also see a question about downloading extra language packages. 2. After install, the gdm session defaults to xterm - select lxde from the drop-down menu on the lower right instead. 3. Your user account must be added to the audio group in /etc/group manually, before you log in and start JACK. For example, open an xterm with a right click on the LXDE desktop, su to root and enter the command: adduser myusername audio Otherwise you won't be able to lock memory or get real-time scheduling. 4. A 64 Studio apt repo is set up on the distro, but of course there is no stable source yet, so apt-get update will result in a 404 error unless you comment out this source. 5. amSynth is installed but shows up on the Other menu instead of the Sound & Video menu. 6. amSynth has a menu item under Utils -> Virtual Keyboard which does not seem compatible with vmpk, the replacement for vkeybd. Cheers! Daniel _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Hi Daniel :)
> EXT4 file system by default > When Suse made it default a long time ago I avoided to use ext4after make inquiries. I can't remember the reasons anymore, but there were some issues not to use ext4. Is ext4 without any disadvantages now and is it ok for hard disk recording too? > 0. The amd64 version has not been tested yet (for a change). I guess I'll try to install it later today. Did you test the installing process? Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers or is the linux-headers package available? Cheers! Ralf _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi Daniel :) > >> EXT4 file system by default >> > > When Suse made it default a long time ago I avoided to use ext4after > make inquiries. I can't remember the reasons anymore, but there were > some issues not to use ext4. Is ext4 without any disadvantages now yes, the last ones were fixed in 2.6.30 and after that even back-ported to older versions by some distributors. see the "Delayed allocation and potential data loss" section at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 > and is it ok for hard disk recording too? yes. The delayed allocation and multiblock-alloc feature even increase performance compared to ext3. However in case the system goes down unexpectedly you *may* loose a longer time-span of data compared to ext3. (The aforementioned 2.6.30 patch only takes care of leaving the filesystem in a consistent stage.) Anyway if there's a power-outage during a recording session, all other audio-equipment will also shut down and *usually* one has to worry about more than the last 5 seconds on the tape. YMMV >> 0. The amd64 version has not been tested yet (for a change). > > I guess I'll try to install it later today. Did you test the installing > process? > > Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers I did not follow recent discussions to on that subject too closely, but IIRC 64studio won't provide _any_ packages with proprietary software. > or is the > linux-headers package available? > > Cheers! > > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-users mailing list > 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Robin Gareus wrote:
> Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Hi Daniel :) >> >> >>> EXT4 file system by default >>> >>> >> When Suse made it default a long time ago I avoided to use ext4after >> make inquiries. I can't remember the reasons anymore, but there were >> some issues not to use ext4. Is ext4 without any disadvantages now >> > > yes, the last ones were fixed in 2.6.30 and after that even back-ported > to older versions by some distributors. see the "Delayed allocation and > potential data loss" section at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 > > >> and is it ok for hard disk recording too? >> > yes. > > The delayed allocation and multiblock-alloc feature even increase > performance compared to ext3. > However in case the system goes down unexpectedly you *may* loose a > longer time-span of data compared to ext3. (The aforementioned 2.6.30 > patch only takes care of leaving the filesystem in a consistent stage.) > > Anyway if there's a power-outage during a recording session, all other > audio-equipment will also shut down and *usually* one has to worry about > more than the last 5 seconds on the tape. YMMV Thank you :) _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Robin Gareus wrote:
> Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> Hi Daniel :) >> >> >>> EXT4 file system by default >>> >>> >> When Suse made it default a long time ago I avoided to use ext4after >> make inquiries. I can't remember the reasons anymore, but there were >> some issues not to use ext4. Is ext4 without any disadvantages now >> > > yes, the last ones were fixed in 2.6.30 and after that even back-ported > to older versions by some distributors. see the "Delayed allocation and > potential data loss" section at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 > > >> and is it ok for hard disk recording too? >> > yes. > > The delayed allocation and multiblock-alloc feature even increase > performance compared to ext3. > However in case the system goes down unexpectedly you *may* loose a > longer time-span of data compared to ext3. (The aforementioned 2.6.30 > patch only takes care of leaving the filesystem in a consistent stage.) > > Anyway if there's a power-outage during a recording session, all other > audio-equipment will also shut down and *usually* one has to worry about > more than the last 5 seconds on the tape. YMMV Thank you :) _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Hi Ralf, hi Robin,
>> Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers > > I did not follow recent discussions to on that subject too closely, but > IIRC 64studio won't provide _any_ packages with proprietary software. Proprietary drivers are just too much trouble. We do ship some non-free firmware so that people can use the hardware they have, though. If there was a high quality multichannel audio interface that had DFSG-compliant firmware, I would love to know about it. >> or is the >> linux-headers package available? Yes, as usual they are in the backports repository: http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ When we get closer to an official release, we will include the headers in the distro. For FFADO support to work out of the box we may need to go to 2.6.33 rather than the 2.6.31 we are currently using, let's see. Cheers! Daniel _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Hi Ralf, hi Robin,
>> Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers > > I did not follow recent discussions to on that subject too closely, but > IIRC 64studio won't provide _any_ packages with proprietary software. Proprietary drivers are just too much trouble. We do ship some non-free firmware so that people can use the hardware they have, though. If there was a high quality multichannel audio interface that had DFSG-compliant firmware, I would love to know about it. >> or is the >> linux-headers package available? Yes, as usual they are in the backports repository: http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ When we get closer to an official release, we will include the headers in the distro. For FFADO support to work out of the box we may need to go to 2.6.33 rather than the 2.6.31 we are currently using, let's see. Cheers! Daniel _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list 64studio-users@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Ralf, hi Robin, > >>> Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers >> I did not follow recent discussions to on that subject too closely, but >> IIRC 64studio won't provide _any_ packages with proprietary software. > > Proprietary drivers are just too much trouble. We do ship some non-free > firmware so that people can use the hardware they have, though. If there > was a high quality multichannel audio interface that had DFSG-compliant > firmware, I would love to know about it. > >>> or is the >>> linux-headers package available? > > Yes, as usual they are in the backports repository: > > http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ > > When we get closer to an official release, we will include the headers > in the distro. For FFADO support to work out of the box we may need to > go to 2.6.33 rather than the 2.6.31 we are currently using, let's see. I've started to package 2.6.33.2-rt13 - which runs just fine - however there a are a few loose ends which I won't be able to tie up before LAC2010. robin _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel |
3.3-alpha2 - a slightly less bleeding release
Robin Gareus wrote:
> Daniel James wrote: > >> Hi Ralf, hi Robin, >> >> >>>> Are there packages for proprietary NVIDIA drivers >>>> >>> I did not follow recent discussions to on that subject too closely, but >>> IIRC 64studio won't provide _any_ packages with proprietary software. >>> >> Proprietary drivers are just too much trouble. We do ship some non-free >> firmware so that people can use the hardware they have, though. If there >> was a high quality multichannel audio interface that had DFSG-compliant >> firmware, I would love to know about it. >> >> >>>> or is the >>>> linux-headers package available? >>>> >> Yes, as usual they are in the backports repository: >> >> http://apt.64studio.com/backports/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/ >> >> When we get closer to an official release, we will include the headers >> in the distro. For FFADO support to work out of the box we may need to >> go to 2.6.33 rather than the 2.6.31 we are currently using, let's see. >> > > I've started to package 2.6.33.2-rt13 - which runs just fine - however > there a are a few loose ends which I won't be able to tie up before > LAC2010. > > robin I'm downloading the alpha's ISO right now. Should I upgrade to 2.6.33 after the installation is finished or are there any bad issues? Ralf _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel |
| All times are GMT. The time now is 09:00 AM. |
VBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO ©2007, Crawlability, Inc.