Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 13:19:07 -0800 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Lawrence Petrykanyn <lawrence.petrykanyn@sympatico.ca>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Newbie FreeBSD/Linux Question Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060308131755.026e6d58@antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <BAYC1-PASMTP0407EAC57EDFBD3E62C61683EF0@CEZ.ICE> References: <BAYC1-PASMTP0407EAC57EDFBD3E62C61683EF0@CEZ.ICE>
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At 12:46 PM 3/8/2006, Lawrence Petrykanyn wrote: >Hi! > >I am a newbie trying to compile the program JACK that is required >for the midi sequencer Rosegarden. This program (JACK) is not >available through the ports collection and is intended for a Linux >system. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 with linux compatibility >supported. Below is is the readme file for JACK and I have chosen >to follow the second option. I have created the /mnt/ramfs >directory and edited my /etc/stab file as directed. What I don't >understand is the last instruction of the second option listed >below, the line that says, > >"add --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs to the JACK configure line >when you build it". > >I tried "make --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs" and received a >message informing me that this is not correct Make syntax. > >Am I supposed to edit the config file(s) that accompany the source >code? If so, which one(s), config.h.in, configure, configure.ac or >one of the files in the config directory of this package? > >This is probably a very simple matter, but I have googled around and >cannot find an answer. Any comments, suggestions or advice would be >greatly appreciated. Assuming you're building from source, and following their directions found here: http://jackit.sourceforge.net/docs/faq.php#a7 you would supply that option to the configure script that you run before doing a make. -Glenn >Thanks, >Lawrence > >JACK README > >Welcome to JACK, the Jack Audio Connection Kit. > >Please see the website (http://jackit.sf.net/) for more information. > >NOTE: If you are using reiserfs or ext3fs or anything except ext2fs >for the directory where JACK puts its temporary files (/tmp by >default), then the JACK team recommends that you do *one* of the >following: > >---------------------------- > >Mount a tmpfs on /tmp. You should have a lot of swap space available >in case some programs try to write very large files there. >In your /etc/fstab add a line: > > none /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0 > >You'll probably want to reboot here, or kill X then 'mount /tmp'. > >---- OR ---- > >Alternatively, you can do this without affecting your /tmp: > ># mkdir /mnt/ramfs > >[edit /etc/fstab and add the following line] >none /mnt/ramfs tmpfs defaults 0 0 > >Then add --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs to the JACK configure >line when you build it. No clients need to be recompiled. > >------------------------------ > >Failure to do one of these could lead to extremely poor performance from JACK, >since its normal operation will cause bursts of disk I/O that are >completely unnecessary. This suggestion can also be used by ext2fs >users if they wish. > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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