On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:24, you wrote: > My kids hate the fact that my Gentoo upgrades take precedent over their > games.
You can both have the best of both worlds if you were to start your emerges thus: su - Password: secretblah nohup nice 18 emerge --update package 2&1> ~/emerge.log & logout The update will now take place in the backgound at a very low priority, and probably won't even be noticed. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
