Truth is I usually try to change the router to point to jetstreamgames and then....
emerge -uf world && emerge -u world Works a treat. For non Gentoo users - this downloads all of the files first (really fast) then I can change the router back to normal while the compilation takes place. Robert Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. -----Original Message----- From: Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 December 2003 5:04 p.m. To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Nice Ed Zachery! (see my previous answer) Rob -----Original Message----- From: Michael JasonSmith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 15 December 2003 4:58 p.m. To: linux users Subject: Re: Nice On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 16:40, Christopher Sawtell wrote: > 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. Really? I would imagine that downloading many MB of data would not be very CPU intensive, so altering the "nice" level would not have a dramatic affect on the performance of the machine. The kids problem is this, if I understand correctly: 1. "emerge" is scheduled. 2. "emerge" requests a heap of data from the server. 3. The kernel puts "emerge" into interruptible-sleep state (D) until the data has arrived. 4. The pipe fills with data coming in from the server. 5. No...bandwidth...left...for...UT. Much...lag. Getting... fragged...lots...damn...you...Dad! Altering the "nice" level only affects how frequently (1) occurs, while the real problem is (4), which still happens far too frequently for the kids to be happy. There is a solution to their problem. I think it is called "bandwidth shaping" but I am not too sure of its name or how to do it\ldots -- Michael JasonSmith http://www.ldots.org/
