Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Apr 2003 08:42:15 +0200 | From | Jakob Oestergaard <> | Subject | Re: 2.5.66-(bk) == horrible response times for non X11 applications |
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On Sun, Apr 06, 2003 at 06:24:35PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: ... > the patch below fixes George's setiathome problems (as expected). It > essentially turns off Linus' improvement, but i dont think it can be fixed > sanely. > > the problem with setiathome is that it displays something every now and > then - so it gets a backboost from X, and hovers at a relatively high > priority.
Why are niced processes boosted? Does that make sense?
If only non-niced processes were boosted, wouldn't that pretty much fix the problem?
Cheers,
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