Well I could have searched a bit myself: it seems I am using the CFQ scheduler: $ cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler noop anticipatory deadline [cfq]
(I guess the brackets show the selected scheduler). So it seems that ionice is not doing its job properly. Any idea about why? This is the command I used to launch updatedb: $ sudo /usr/bin/ionice -c3 updatedb My /etc/updatedb.conf specifies a niceness of 10. -- slocate daily anacron job makes system feel slow https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/13671 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
