On Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 02:23:55PM +0100, Hereward Cooper wrote: > Hi, > When I configure/reconfigure xserver-common I give debconf my nice value > for X, but when ever I 'startx' it says it is reverting back to a value > of 0, no matter what value I give it. > How can I force X to use my nice value?
Only root can do nice < 0, so I think the nice trick really only works if you run a display manager (or startx as root). Basically, as a luser, nice just allows you to lower the priority of your processes. -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
