[mythtv-users] Mythbuntu 8.10 and Realtime Priority

Robin Hill myth at robinhill.me.uk
Fri Feb 20 16:21:51 UTC 2009


On Fri Feb 20, 2009 at 11:02:40AM -0500, James Crow wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 09:45 -0500, James Crow wrote:
> <snip>
> > 
> > and schedtool:
> > $ schedtool 8693
> > PID  8693: PRIO   0, POLICY N: SCHED_NORMAL  , NICE   0, AFFINITY 0x3
> > 
> 
> I tried setting the mythfrontend binary SUID. The output from top and
> schedtool is identical to what I posted above. The log file shows that
> mythfrontend thinks it is using realtime priority. 
> 
> On another frontend that is not set to use RT the output from top and
> schedtool are the same. Either I am not using RT or I have no way of
> telling that I am. Does anyone know a definitve way to tell it
> mythfrontend is using realtime priority?
> 
These should be definitive ways.  Just to check (as I've not seen it
mentioned in this thread), have you actually enabled the "Use Realtime
threads" option within MythTV?  I can't remember exactly where in the
configuration it is, but presumably under the "Playback" section.

Cheers,
    Robin
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