From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MeXOP-0001YD-5q for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:55:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4565AE0221; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from randymail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (mailbigip.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 206EBE0221 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:55:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from quan (unknown [76.10.130.2]) by randymail-a8.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CE8AEB02 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:55:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "James Homuth" To: Subject: [gentoo-user] May be OT: recommended niceness settings for Portage while using Gnome? Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:54:40 -0400 Message-ID: <35d301ca2280$142ecc50$6400a8c0@quan> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_35D4_01CA225E.8D1D2C50" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 thread-index: AcoigBKuicTqoBmBRr+yzjW6p7H0Kg== X-Archives-Salt: 657c8e2a-84e2-4cb0-9c66-7b6077e7aea5 X-Archives-Hash: e1667d1b97706a648d8067dd2c1b279f This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_35D4_01CA225E.8D1D2C50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just got Gnome set up completely on a 5-year-old laptop with 512 MB of RAM running on a P4, and am sort of halfway in the middle of playing with it. In the process, I'm discovering I still need to install a few things. Just one problem. I emerge said things, and the system flatlines until such time as the compilation(s) are done--load is currently sitting at 2.1+. Are there any make.conf settings I can tweak so that I can still actually use the system while things compile, or would I be better off setting things to compile, throwing in a movie, and coming back when they're done? Thanks for any pointers. ------=_NextPart_000_35D4_01CA225E.8D1D2C50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I just = got Gnome set=20 up completely on a 5-year-old laptop with 512 MB of RAM running on a P4, = and am=20 sort of halfway in the middle of playing with it. In the process, I'm=20 discovering I still need to install a few things. Just one problem. I = emerge=20 said things, and the system flatlines until such time as the = compilation(s) are=20 done--load is currently sitting at 2.1+. Are there any make.conf = settings I can=20 tweak so that I can still actually use the system while things compile, = or would=20 I be better off setting things to compile, throwing in a movie, and = coming back=20 when they're done? Thanks for any = pointers.
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