[huskerlug] Re: less processor to specific program
- From: Shane Geiger <sgeiger@xxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 10 Mar 2003 17:03:30 -0600
From the man page of renice:
Users other than the super-user may only alter the priority of processes they
own, and can only monotonically increase their ``nice value'' within the range
0 to PRIO_MAX (20). (This prevents overriding administrative fiats.)
> You can always lower the priority of an item, but to my knowledge
> only root can raise the priority of a task.
>
> You can also change the priority of a task with top. At the main
> display screen of top, push r and then the number for the priority
> that Carl detailed below.
>
> On Monday 10 March 2003 12:44, you wrote:
> > If I understand your question: You should adjust the "nice" value
> > of the process. -20 = NOT nice (Highest Priority)
> > +19 = VERY nice (Lowest Priority)
> > see
> > man nice
> > or
> > info nice
> >
> > On Mon, 2003-03-10 at 12:07, Levente -Levi- Littvay wrote:
> > > Hello all
> > >
> > > I am encoding a DVD now into AVI. On this laptop it takes forever
> > > and it slows down every other task tremendously. Can I explain
> > > the program somehow that it should only use provcessor time is
> > > someone else does not want to?
> > >
> > > L
> > >
> > >
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