From: Aaron D. <ag...@co...> - 2005-03-27 01:44:01
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On Mar 26, 2005, at 4:50 PM, Kyle Skrinak wrote: > Robert T Wyatt <robert.wyatt <at> austin.utexas.edu> writes: > > [snip] >> I have found that prefixing the commands with 'nice' (see 'man nice') >> is >> satisfactory for our general purposes. > [snip] > > Thanks for the suggestion to try nice-ing my fink priority down. I > greatly appreciate your help! I've done this in the past, but I'm > thinking an opposite tact. I'd like to shut down all non-fink > supporting > processes (such as windowing, menu bar updates, and be willing not > to work while fink is finking) so that fink & co. gets as much CPU time > as logistically possible (I know I can ratchet nice the other direction > but I'm hope I'm being clear about the manner of tact.) This is why > I've > started going in the non-Aqua console direction. It does seem to me, > however, that the console draws text more slowly, than Terminal/Aqua > perhaps to fill the entire screen, or that some text rendering > optimizing > service isn't running in console? Do you have any other computers? I would suggest logging out of Aqua, ssh'ing in from another computer, starting a GNU screen session, and running your fink commands inside that. Thanks to GNU screen, you can then detach and leave the compile jobs running, and there should be just about nothing but fink going on. -- __ __ / ) / ) /--/ __. .__ ______ / / __. , __o _ _ / (_(_/|_/ (_(_) / (_ (__/_(_/|_\/ <__</_/_)_ |