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Re: Limit a process's CPU usage?



Jumping in late in this thread...

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%?

Not per se.  As others have mentioned, it can be hacked in by
suspending/restarting seti using scripts.

If your laptop is a dell, why not file a wishlist bug on i8kutils?  I
can imagine that you would benefit if you we able to run commands every
time the fans came on (e.g. to kill off seti).

just my 2 {øre,pence,cent}..

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