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From: ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Sun {Graphics Sub-Division})
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Emacs process niced after awhile
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Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 15:13:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 26 15:13:04 1987
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In article <757@cpocd2.UUCP> nate@cpocd2.UUCP (Nate Hess) writes:
>In article <1257@wanginst.EDU> ardis@wanginst.EDU (Mark A. Ardis) writes:
>>
>>Problem: 
>>
>>After running Gnuemacs for awhile, my process gets "nice"ed.  Response
>>is pretty bad once this happens.  The threshold seems to be around 12
>>minutes of CPU.  We are running Ultrix 1.2 on a VAX 785.
>>
>>Questions:
>>
>>1.  Is there a magic threshold, after which a process automatically
>>	gets "nice"ed?
>>
>
>Auto-nicing can occur anytime after a process has racked up 10 minutes
>of CPU time.
>
>
>...!{decwrl|hplabs!oliveb|pur-ee|qantel|amd}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!nate
><domainish> :   nate@cpocd2.intel.com		ATT :    (602) 961-2037

    In BSD it occurs at the end of the 10th minute i.e. with start 
of minute 11 you get niced to +4.  urogue players know this very will.

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