On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 00:48 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote: > Just wondering. If I set a single process to have a nice value of -1, > and the process does not use 100% CPU, why does it make the whole > machine sluggish? > > I'm busy transferring video from VCR to my notebook. Mencoder is using > between 60 and 80% CPU at any time, so performance is not an issue. But > to avoid framedropping when I open or close something while working in > the meantime, or to avoid disaster when updatedb kicks in, I set > mencoder to be nice -1. Even though mencoder still only uses 60-80% > CPU, everthing else is now sluggish - even the mouse movements are slow > and jerky.
I should also add the the video goes to an external firewire drive, so there's no load on the notebook's hard drive. Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
