Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:54:36 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor) Cc: crh@outpost.co.nz, dpilgrim@uswest.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SETI@home has teams now! Message-ID: <199905250354.XAA05538@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990525124442.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "May 25, 99 12:44:42 pm"
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Daniel O'Connor wrote, > > On 25-May-99 Craig Harding wrote: > > > running all the time under a load limit, then just lift that limit > > > while I'm not using the machine. > > Have a look at idprio (man idprio), it'll probably do you want. I've > > been meaning to put some basic scripts together to idprio it in the > > morning and un-idprio it at night, but haven't quite got round to it. > > IMHO its not worth the hassle.. > I just edited the startup script to idprio it and left it at that. Is there a reason not to use setiathome's '-nice' switch and just nice it to a low priority? I think that would be good enough for most people. Also, I believe idpro requires root privileges; nice does not. I'd rather not use root when I don't need to. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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