Have you tried bumping up the buffer sizes? This can certainly smooth things out if you have a very peaky load.
Brian On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 13:31, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > The nice scale consists of all the integers running between -20 and 20, > inclusive. Lower numbers have a higher priority in the system scheduler. By > default, all applications run with a nice value of 0. An ordinary user is able > to 'nice' to any value >= 0. Anything below zero is only accessible by a root > user. This means that an ordinary user who wants to allocate more CPU time to a > process must reduce the priority of their other running processes. This system > is in place to prevent a user from monopolising system resources. > > On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:22:53 -0000, "FLYNN, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I don't think so - any user can "nice" their own running tasks so nicer > > "nice" values (i.e. any user can say, this program I am running, it's low > > priority so don't spend too much effort on running it for me) but only root > > has the power to do the opposite (i.e. lower the nice value to make the > > scheduler spend more time on this piece of code). > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nelson Bartley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 5:58 PM > > > To: LM Newbie Mailing List > > > Subject: RE: [newbie] Higher priority for XMMS > > > > > > so there is no way to "give" a higher priority to the program from > > > within a non-root account? > > > > > > On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 10:36, FLYNN, Steve wrote: > > > > You can 'nice' the task, to a lower value to give it more cpu cycles. > > > > > > > > However, to do so, you will have to be root anyway. It's easy enough to > > > do > > > > with the sudo command though... > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Nelson Bartley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 3:29 PM > > > > To: LM Newbie Mailing List > > > > Subject: [newbie] Higher priority for XMMS > > > > > > > > I've got a question.. > > > > > > > > I've been finding that XMMS is skipping a lot on my system. Not > > > > because > > > > my system isn't fast, but rather because I've got ALOT of things > > > > going > > > > on on it. (folding, evolution, gaim, gkrellm, mozilla, kdevelop, > > > > gnomeicu, etc...) I was wondering if it were posible to give XMMS a > > > > higher priority (like say realtime)? > > > > > > > > (and yes I realize I can log in as root and run the app, but that is > > > > very annoying) > > > > > > > > NB > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > << File: message.footer >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named > > > > recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email > > > > the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or > > > > take/retain/distribute any copies. > > > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited > > > > Registered Office 2 Rougier Street > > > > York YO90 1UU > > > > Registered in England Number 3253947 > > > > A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group > > > > which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. > > > > Member of the Association of British Insurers. > > > > > > > > For further Enquires 01603 622200 > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > << File: message.footer >> > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > This email and any files sent with it are intended only for the named > > recipient. If you are not the named recipient please telephone/email > > the sender immediately. You should not disclose the content or > > take/retain/distribute any copies. > > ********************************************************************** > > > > > > Norwich Union Life & Pensions Limited > > Registered Office 2 Rougier Street > > York YO90 1UU > > Registered in England Number 3253947 > > A member of the Norwich Union Marketing Group > > which is regulated by the Personal Investment Authority. > > Member of the Association of British Insurers. > > > > For further Enquires 01603 622200 > > > > > > > -- > Sridhar Dhanapalan > > "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our > air and water that are doing it." -- Governor George W. Bush, Jr. > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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