FYI, there's also AutoNiceD that does roughly the same thing, but it's a little more advanced. Should work too.
Does GAMEd require root permissions to renice things? 2012/11/9 Sergio Costas <rasters...@gmail.com> > Hi all: > > I created a little daemon to set priorities. It's called GAMEd. > > You can download and install it just opening a terminal and typing: > > git clone > https:/**/github.**com/rastersoft/**gamed.git<https://github.com/rastersoft/gamed.git> > cd gamed > make > sudo make install > > Now, to set the priority, just type > > renice_gamed -20 > > This will set the priority of both Xorg and Gala to -20 > > Now, each time you enter your session, GAMEd will automatically set the > priority to that value. If you change it again, the new value will be > remembered between sessions. > > You can also edit /etc/gamed.conf and add more executables to the list > (like unity or gnome-shell), allowing to use it with other desktops. > > Of course, this is just a temporary hack, until ulatencyd gets fixed. > > One last note: it seems that the effect in games needs some seconds before > working, so after setting the priority, wait some seconds before launching > the game. > > Enjoy! > > > El 05/11/12 00:51, Dane Henson escribió: > > I have the same issue. I attempted to install Limbo (yes, it's in a wine > wrapper) on my MacBook with Intel graphics. The fps is terrible, the > keystrokes are laggy. Not sure what the issue is, just thought I'd mention > that it affected me too. > On Nov 4, 2012 5:40 PM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" > <ser...@elementaryos.org> wrote: > > > Sergio, what GPU and driver do you have? > > If it's an AMD GPU with the proprietary driver, this is likely caused > by the multitude of vsync bugs in catalyst, where vsync either doesn't > work or causes a slideshow-like performance, e.g. on moving windows in > Gala. > > According to http://limbogame.org/news/, Limbo runs via a WINE > wrapper, and that causes even more issues with Catalyst, namely... > vsync again. Unreal and Skyrim in WINE have terrible tearing under > Unity2D (metacity) on my HD6770, for example. > > -- > Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : elementary-dev-community@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > Nos leemos > RASTER (Linux user #228804)ras...@rastersoft.com > http://www.rastersoft.com > > -- Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff OS architect @ elementary
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