[ltp] Re: New thinkpad recomendation

Michael Karcher linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:34:25 +0100


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Am Donnerstag, den 11.12.2008, 16:31 +0100 schrieb Christoph Bier:
> > start them in the background, on a=20
> > different virtual desktop, niced and ioniced.=20
> I try to run programs as I need them to save power (to prevent needless=20
> CPU wake ups). But maybe this is a wrong assumption ...
If that's an issue, you could try to SIGSTOP the processes instead of
just nicing them. Another point: IIRC users can only make their
processes nicer, but never return to the original priority. How do you
(Richard) unnice them if you need them?

Regrads,
  Michael Karcher

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