Bug#507248: jackd: realtime setting needs modifications to /etc/security/limits.conf
Package: jackd
Version: 0.109.2-4
Severity: important
if realtime is activated, jackd won't restart, because it fails to access "something". The fix is to add
@audio - rtprio 99
@audio - nice -15
@audio - memlock 250000
to /etc/security/limits.conf
Also, it allows a regular user to launch jackd with "nice -n -15 /usr/bin/jackd" instead of the default "/usr/bin/jackd"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages jackd depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libjack0 0.109.2-4 JACK Audio Connection Kit (librari
ii libreadline5 5.2-3 GNU readline and history libraries
ii libsndfile1 1.0.17-4 Library for reading/writing audio
Versions of packages jackd recommends:
ii libpam-modules 1.0.1-4+b1 Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii qjackctl 0.3.2-1 User interface for controlling the
Versions of packages jackd suggests:
ii jack-tools 0.0.2-5 various JACK tools: plumbing, play
ii libjackasyn0 0.11-2 The Asynchrounous JACK Library
ii meterbridge 0.9.2-6 A collection of Audio meters for t
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