also sprach Dries Kimpe <Dries.Kimpe@rug.ac.be> [2002.01.07.0254 +0100]:
> First of all (stupid question): you aren't using esd or something
> alike? Because although XMMS may get all the time it needs, esd may be
> starved...
alsa...
> Second: Even though one has -20 and the other 20 doesn't mean that the
> last one won't get anymore time... For example, I use distributed-net
> on some machines: Even though dnetc has nice 20 it ALWAYS has a minimum
> of 5-10% CPU time.
what exactly do the nice values do then, if they don't influence the
scheduler like this?
> Maybe it's normal,
wouldn't surprise me. this is a piece of s*** machine!
> maybe it's a kernel bug (only seem to have it with AMD) / chipset bug?
yeah well... when this goes official, my machine officially goes.
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