Re: Process Priority

2008-11-12 Thread Shawn Erickson
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Mr. Gecko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even that command says it's 0, so I'm thinking that virtual pc is using some unknown way of changing how much processor they use. Threads can individually be created with different priorities. In reality threads are the real

Re: Process Priority

2008-11-12 Thread Mr. Gecko
Ok thanks. On Nov 12, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Shawn Erickson wrote: On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Mr. Gecko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even that command says it's 0, so I'm thinking that virtual pc is using some unknown way of changing how much processor they use. Threads can individually be

RE: Process Priority

2008-11-11 Thread Mr. Gecko
Ok I'm not sure if it worked, but when I change the priority in my app it stays the same for that app even after I relaunch my app so that is a good sign. Would you know of a good way to test it out so I know if it works? Thanks, Mr. Gecko ___

Re: Process Priority

2008-11-11 Thread Mr. Gecko
hmm it appears to say 0 for virtual pc. I wonder what virtual pc does because it seems to work. On Nov 11, 2008, at 5:19 PM, Mr. Gecko wrote: Ok I'm not sure if it worked, but when I change the priority in my app it stays the same for that app even after I relaunch my app so that is a

Re: Process Priority

2008-11-11 Thread Gary L. Wade
A priority of 0 is the default unless a process was launched by a process that had a different priority, and then it would have that priority as well. I'm afraid I don't follow what you're doing and what values you're seeing, based on your use of that and my app. You can use the Unix command ps

Process Priority

2008-11-08 Thread Mr. Gecko
Hello I am trying to make sure I get this and also asking a few questions about it. So to change a process priority you use renice like so renice +20 -p PID Here are the questions is there a way to get the current priority? is there a way to set the priority to lets say 20 or 1? how can I make

RE: Process Priority

2008-11-08 Thread Gary L. Wade
a process priority you use renice like so renice +20 -p PID Here are the questions is there a way to get the current priority? is there a way to set the priority to lets say 20 or 1? how can I make it normal after setting it? I am making an app that would help you speed up what your doing and so I

RE: Process Priority

2008-11-08 Thread Mr. Gecko
so you can't do anything really without adium permissions. I guess that isn't a problem, I can have a preference for enabling and disabling so it doesn't ask for password every boot (of course disabled by default). is getpriority like this int pri = getpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, pid); and does