portmaster => less CPU please

[nORKy]

Hi

When portmaster update some packages, it uses 95% of my CPU !
I use synergys too share my keyboard and mouse, but my mouse is lagging on the other host.

How can I reduce the % cpu use by portmaster ?

EDIT : sorry, bad section, can someone move my post to "ports" section ?

 

[pbd]

How can I reduce the % cpu use by portmaster ?

You can run portmaster (or any other process) with lower priority using

nice

command:

nice -n 15 portmaster ...

The higher the nice value of a process the higher its scheduling priority.

To adjust priority of running process use

renice

.

See man pages for details.

 

[pbd]

The higher the nice value of a process the higher its scheduling priority.

Sorry, it should be:

The HIGHER the nice value of a process the LOWER its scheduling priority.

 

[nORKy]

Thanks you pbd !