[KLUG Members] X server & nice settings

[Peter Buxton]

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I'm running 2.4.19 with the pre-emptive kernel patches. Recently, I
looked at a ps(1) listing and remembered that my X server runs at 'nice
-10', which, on the nice scale of -20 to 20, with 0 being neutral, is,
ah, pretty mean. ;-)

I set it to 0 and cranked up X 4.1.0/KDE 2.2.2. I can't see any
difference. Is X normally run at -10 to avoid acute memory/CPU crunches,
or is it done to prevent chronic widget-drawing lag?

(I should note that the pre-emptive patches make a HUGE difference in X
and I wouldn't run any kernel without 'em (excepting some particular
bug, of course). XMMS, for example, is a massive graphics drag, and its
GUI unuable, without low-latency or kernel pre-emption.)

TIA

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