or just use a 2.6.* kernel ...the CFQ patches make it even better and you dont loose desktop latancy yet background compiles get more cpu when available ......
Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CLUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: Gentoo tip - emerge --ask and PORTAGE_NICENESS > Occasional tips as a follow up to the installs we did on Saturday. > > emerge --ask > ============ > The usual process with emergeing a new package is > > #emerge -p packagename (-p = --pretend) > > Then if that looks ok, > > #emerge packagename > > Some may have noticed that for each run the dependencies are calculated, > and this can take a while. Instead you can combine the two steps with > the --ask parameter. This calculates the dependencies, tells you what > emerge intends to install, then asks if its ok. Therefore the > dependencies are calculated only once, saving you precious cpu cycles > for setiathome ;-) > > # emerge --ask packagename > > PORTAGE_NICENESS > ==================== > > Setting this to a positive nunber in /etc/make.conf like this: > > PORTAGE_NICENESS=5 > > will mean that emergeing runs at a lower priority, so your desktop and > critical services remain usable - snappy even - under heavy compiling. > > You can also do this on a one-off by setting nice on the command line. > > nice -n 5 emerge packagename > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >
