I am forwarding you my comments on this issue as I am not sure if you
are getting them at this point because the bugs status still shows as
rejected. this is in reference to the system timer resolution setting in
the kernel.
>From the Rosegarden FAQ
http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/resources/faq/#t
As I learn more about this issue I am realizing the biggest thing
affecting pro audio work on Ubuntu is the system timer resolution. Not
only does it cause this error in Rosegarden it cause audio latency
issues under jackd.
With a stock Ubuntu 2.6.15 kernel with the system timer resolution
changed
>From the Rosegarden FAQ
http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/resources/faq/#toc31
"5.6. What does "System timer resolution is too low" mean?
If you see this message in an error dialog when Rosegarden starts up,
then you are probably using a Linux kernel that doesn't offer
sufficiently high-resoluti
1000HZ is way to high for a lot of systems. Particularly laptops, where
the high timer resolution causes uneeded battery drain.
How does MIDI require 1000HZ? MIDI has been working in Linux a long
time, likely predating the time where the kernel worked with anything
except 100HZ.
** Changed in: li
** Changed in: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
Sourcepackagename: linux-meta => linux-source-2.6.17
Importance: Untriaged => Wishlist
** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Kernel Team
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Kernel timer resolution too low
https://launchpad.net/bugs/53365
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