On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 12:04:04AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote: > I notice you've taken out the references to the fact that a "yes" > will give a limits.d entry saying "@audio - memlock unlimited". > The reasoning behind this memlock line is a bit controversial (see > bug #507248, and note that even the jackd README.Debian doesn't > recommend changing memlock settings) but this debconf question looks > like a good solution, as long as it's an informed decision: > > To run jackd with realtime priority, the user starting jackd > needs realtime permissions. Accept this option to create the > file /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf, granting realtime > priority and memlock privileges to the audio group. Agreed, and I've just noticed the original template talks about /etc/security/limits.conf and /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf interchangeably, which I'm sure can't be right. Adrian, which should it be? I'm fairly sure from postinst that it's the latter. > I'm also trying not to talk about the installer, since (as the > limits.d file points out) you can revisit it with dpkg-reconfigure. Ack. > > Description: JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients) > > Low-latency sound server. JACK allows the connection of multiple applications > > to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between > > themselves. > > That first phrase in the long description probably ought to be a > full sentence. The obvious fix, with knock-on effects, is: > > JACK is a low-latency sound server, allowing multiple applications to > connect to one audio device, and to share audio between themselves. Sounds good to me (I'm going to ignore the recursive acronym nightmare in the interests of my sanity :) > Something's gone wrong with my control file patch... oh, I see, your > version doesn't have the stanza for a "jackd-firewire" package, new > in the latest unstable version. I'll just apply the same changes. Oopsie, sorry about that. You've caught the only change, everything else is as it should be. Cheers, -- Jonathan Wiltshire 1024D: 0xDB800B52 / 4216 F01F DCA9 21AC F3D3 A903 CA6B EA3E DB80 0B52 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51
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