So, running the aforementioned RT kernel, managed to patch the latest nvidia driver following these general instructions: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9233282&amp;postcount=5">http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9233282&amp;postcount=5</a><br>

I&#39;m already happy because it&#39;s quite some time that i haven&#39;t had the RT kernel!<br><br>As i don&#39;t use GEM i cannot tell about it, but Pd got faster. Almost as fast as the 32-bit Pd was (on 64-bit Ubuntu - Hardy that time). It means i can almost use my MIDI sequencer patch without the GUI dropping out. Promising! Now i can dig into the patch for optimisation possibilities, and at the same time, keep on bugging the community for speeding up the GUI :o)<br>

<br>Do you guys think i shall try it with a current 32-bit Pd to see if the 64-bit version is really slower...?<br><br>(on a side note to RT kernel experiences: the CPU got hotter indeed, looks like i&#39;ll have to tweak the cooling fans again...)<br>

<br>Andras<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:27 AM, cyrille henry <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ch@chnry.net">ch@chnry.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">

hello,<br>
195.36.24 is the nvidia driver version i&#39;m using. mainly because it&#39;s the version shiped with ubuntu 10.04.<br>
i don&#39;t know what 260 would offer better, but i think it&#39;s not impressive.<br>
most of nvidia upgrade is adding support for new card.<br>
anyway, if you don&#39;t use graphics for any important stuff, then you probably don&#39;t care.<br>
<br>
i&#39;ll be interested to know your impression if you try this kernel for pd/Gem.<br>
<br>
Cyrille<br>
<br>
Le 14/11/2010 18:02, András Murányi a écrit :<br>
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i&#39;m using Ubuntu Lucid with standard kernel (64-bit), and performance in<br>
Pd hasn&#39;t really impressed me lately... and WHOA i&#39;ve just found a PPA<br>
with RT kernel (<a href="https://launchpad.net/%7Eabogani/+archive/ppa/" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa/</a>), which i&#39;m<br>
very interested in - it&#39;s just that it comes with older Nvidia drivers<br>
195.36.24 while the latest drivers from Nvidia are 260.19.21. Now does<br>
anyone know if i&#39;ll loose anything important with this older (but<br>
appropriately patched for RT) graphics driver? (btw i don&#39;t use graphics<br>
for anything important...)<br>
<br>
Andras<br>
<br>
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:25 PM, cyrille henry &lt;<a href="mailto:ch@chnry.net" target="_blank">ch@chnry.net</a><br></div><div class="im">
&lt;mailto:<a href="mailto:ch@chnry.net" target="_blank">ch@chnry.net</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
<br>
    hello,<br>
<br>
    you say that you need a RT kernel : did you benchmarck the<br>
    difference between a RT kernel and a standard kernel?<br>
<br>
    anyway, i&#39;m using ubuntu 10.04 with no optimisation.<br>
    compiling pd/Gem is very fast and easy, so i don&#39;t wait the official<br>
    package...<br>
<br>
    cyrille<br>
<br>
    Le 14/11/2010 13:48, Pierre Massat a écrit :<br>
<br>
        Hi all!<br>
<br>
        I have realized lately that Fedora/PlanetCCRMA may not be the<br>
        best linux<br>
        rt distro out there in terms of updates for Pd. So I wanted to<br>
        conduct a<br>
        survey among pd-list members to know who is using what. It seems<br>
        like<br>
        Ubuntu Studio is the distro that&#39;s most frequently updated. Too bed<br>
        because the last time i tried to install it on my laptop it<br>
        didn&#39;t work...<br>
        Any advice would be appreciated.<br>
        I need a rt kernel, of course...<br>
<br>
        Pierre<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br></div><div class="im">
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