Re: Limit a process's CPU usage?

[Jonathan Matthews <jaycee.removeifnotspam@jaycee.uklinux.net>]

On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:26:54PM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote:
> Hi List
> 
> I'm running seti@home on my laptop, but the near 100% CPU usage results in my 
> processor fan constatly being on. Is there a way on telling seti@home to use 
> the CPU at no more than, say 30%?
> I have already set it to nice 19, but this affects only the priority, so that 
> an other process can take over the CPU more easily, this does not reduce CPU 
> load.

I think this might fit the bill -
http://www.tls-technologies.com/CPU/cpu-main.html

Any good?

  jc