hello > Can anybody tell me whats the difference b/w dynamic > priority and normal scheduling ones in linux....... > its confusing. You mean, dynamic and static priority? First, i suggest to study about "nice" and "renice" on man pages. I think you will grab basic understanding just by reading it. regards Mulyadi -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/