Hi,
I've noticed that most http and ftp clients will have decreased
download rates when their window loses focus. There doesn't need to be
any other modem usage, or even a resource intensive app in focus for
this to occur. I've tried `renice', but this doesn't noticeably change
the behavior I'm referring to -- yes, renice works, and I'm using
negative values, up to -20, but that doesn't have anywhere near the
impact of going out of focus. I'd like to give unfocused windows a
higher priority. How can I do this?
I've also noticed that during long downloads, some ftp clients tend to
"stall", but that particularly two activities will restart the download:
a.) Dragging the titlebar of the ftp client window, clicking titlebar.
b.) Pinging a FQDN, starting a net-aware app, other small net jobs.
What causes this, and/or how can I keep ftp clients alive on long
downloads?
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