On 12/20/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When I use Azureus, my computer gets slower. Then, I thought that > > maybe it is possible to downgrade the priority of Azureus. Is that > > possible with Linux? And if so, how can it be done, in case it is a > > simple procedure? > > I suggest you learn to use the tools... > > $ apropos priority > getpriority (2) - get/set program scheduling priority > glPrioritizeTextures (3x) - set texture residence priority > nice (1) - run a program with modified scheduling priority > nice (2) - change process priority > renice (8) - alter priority of running processes > sched_get_priority_max (2) - get static priority range > sched_get_priority_min [sched_get_priority_max] (2) - get static > priority range > setlogmask (3) - set log priority mask > setpriority [getpriority] (2) - get/set program scheduling priority > > $ man renice > > IOW, RTFM Thanks to all. I am liking Linux more and more. Are these priority settings also reflected on the use of Internet bandwidth? Paul
