Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-21 Thread Jon Elson
Patrick Rogers wrote: > Is it possible that the ethernet card is causing the real time > problems? I can't remember for sure, but I may have only encountered > problems while connected remotely. I'll try to find a long ethernet > cable and test over the network again to see if that is the p

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-21 Thread Patrick Rogers
OK, I've done a few more tests with decidedly unexpected results. It seems like my problem is definitely not video or USB related. I had to move the machine to a different location, and don't have a long enough wire to connect it to the network so I connected a monitor and USB keyboard a

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Jon Elson
Patrick Rogers wrote: > Hi, > > I've installed EMC 2.2.1 onto an old PC from the BDI CD. The system > works fairly well even though it is low on RAM and slightly under > powered. When I run the RTAI Latency test however I get overruns, > and EMC itself refuses to run because of real time e

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Matthew Glenn Shaver
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 15:39 -0500, Patrick Rogers wrote: > I do have USB enabled so I can use a USB > keyboard to configure the BIOS. If you have USB legacy support enabled, that is probably a problem: http://www.rtai.dk/cgi-bin/gratiswiki.pl?Latency_Killer Try to find a PS2 keyboard! ;) Than

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Colin MacKenzie
? I am not sure the interrupt priority on i386 machines off hand, anyone else? C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Rogers Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:39 PM To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Is it

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Patrick Rogers
PROTECTED] [mailto:emc-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Rogers > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:30 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency > issues > > Hi, > > I've installed

Re: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Colin MacKenzie
e? C -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Patrick Rogers Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:30 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues Hi, I've installed EMC 2.2.1 onto

[Emc-users] Is it possible to disable video to fix latency issues

2008-01-18 Thread Patrick Rogers
Hi, I've installed EMC 2.2.1 onto an old PC from the BDI CD. The system works fairly well even though it is low on RAM and slightly under powered. When I run the RTAI Latency test however I get overruns, and EMC itself refuses to run because of real time errors. After reading some of the