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Bill,=20
Actually I went ahead and stuck the following line in rc.local
/usr/bin/renice -10 -p `/bin/ps -elf | /bin/grep /etc/X11/X | /bin/awk
'{print $4}' | /usr/bin/head -1`
I haven't rebooted yet to actually test, but I do believe that the X
server is started by the time rc.local is read.=20
I did go look in the XFree86 FAQ and they do recommend re-nicing the X
server as well.=20
--Chris
=20
On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 14:55, Bill Crawford wrote:
> On 24 Apr 2002, Christopher Keller wrote:
>=20
> > In the hopes of achieving more MS Windows like desktop responsiveness, =
I
> > thought I'd try the trick of bumping the priority of the X server. I've
> > heard the rationale is that windows bumps the priority of UI type stuff
> > in order to feel 'fast'.
>=20
> If you really want MS-style responsiveness, all I can recommend is
> that you launch enough background processes to fill up your available
> RAM and consume a substantial amount of CPU time unnecessarily. That
> might slow it down enough ;o)
>=20
> Seriously, it's actually quite tricky; Windows gives priority to any
> task that has its window in the foreground, near as I can tell; there
> isn't really any easy way to approximate this under X without hacking
> the window manager to dynamically adjust priorities for the running
> clients depending on which have their window(s) "on top" ...
>=20
> > Strangely enough, it seemed to work pretty well. My desktop does feel
> > more responsive. I've also heard the new pre-empt kernel patches do
> > wonders in conjunction with this, though I waiting on rawhide for those=
