That's the interesting thing: the daemon is launched automatically with DBus as root, so you can set the priorities with renice_gamed without needing to be root. But, of course, only for the binaries listed in /etc/gamed.conf (allowing to set it for any program would be a security hole).
El 08/11/12 22:47, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff escribió: > FYI, there's also AutoNiceD that does roughly the same thing, but it's a > little more advanced. Should work too. > > Does GAMEd require root permissions to renice things? > > 2012/11/9 Sergio Costas <[email protected]> > >> Hi all: >> >> I created a little daemon to set priorities. It's called GAMEd. >> >> You can download and install it just opening a terminal and typing: >> >> git clone >> https:/**/github.**com/rastersoft/**gamed.git<https://github.com/rastersoft/gamed.git> >> cd gamed >> make >> sudo make install >> >> Now, to set the priority, just type >> >> renice_gamed -20 >> >> This will set the priority of both Xorg and Gala to -20 >> >> Now, each time you enter your session, GAMEd will automatically set the >> priority to that value. If you change it again, the new value will be >> remembered between sessions. >> >> You can also edit /etc/gamed.conf and add more executables to the list >> (like unity or gnome-shell), allowing to use it with other desktops. >> >> Of course, this is just a temporary hack, until ulatencyd gets fixed. >> >> One last note: it seems that the effect in games needs some seconds before >> working, so after setting the priority, wait some seconds before launching >> the game. >> >> Enjoy! >> >> >> El 05/11/12 00:51, Dane Henson escribió: >> >> I have the same issue. I attempted to install Limbo (yes, it's in a wine >> wrapper) on my MacBook with Intel graphics. The fps is terrible, the >> keystrokes are laggy. Not sure what the issue is, just thought I'd mention >> that it affected me too. >> On Nov 4, 2012 5:40 PM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Sergio, what GPU and driver do you have? >> >> If it's an AMD GPU with the proprietary driver, this is likely caused >> by the multitude of vsync bugs in catalyst, where vsync either doesn't >> work or causes a slideshow-like performance, e.g. on moving windows in >> Gala. >> >> According to http://limbogame.org/news/, Limbo runs via a WINE >> wrapper, and that causes even more issues with Catalyst, namely... >> vsync again. Unreal and Skyrim in WINE have terrible tearing under >> Unity2D (metacity) on my HD6770, for example. >> >> -- >> Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> -- >> Nos leemos >> RASTER (Linux user #228804)[email protected] >> http://www.rastersoft.com >> >> > -- Nos leemos RASTER (Linux user #228804) [email protected] http://www.rastersoft.com -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
