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2008-04-12
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I was looking into this.
The nice (start a process with high priory) binary doesn't exist for busybox, so what you can do is use renice (change a running processes priority).
renice is a bit odd, I haven't figured it out.
But you can make a script that will start vagalume and renice it and edit sudo so you can renice without a password (you need to be root to set high priority) and then edit the desktop file to run that script.
But of course, you will have to enter shell to set it up.
Another way is to edit sudoers to let you use renice and set up a renice command that you run after vagalume is started via a personal menu or osso-status bar.
The nice (start a process with high priory) binary doesn't exist for busybox, so what you can do is use renice (change a running processes priority).
renice is a bit odd, I haven't figured it out.
But you can make a script that will start vagalume and renice it and edit sudo so you can renice without a password (you need to be root to set high priority) and then edit the desktop file to run that script.
But of course, you will have to enter shell to set it up.
Another way is to edit sudoers to let you use renice and set up a renice command that you run after vagalume is started via a personal menu or osso-status bar.
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2008-04-12
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i have also thought of adding a command to osso-status bar.
but don't I need the process id, when i use the command?
or doesn't the pid changes after a restart of an application?
So I can't do it without a script, right?
do you know how to find out the pid of an application in a script and insert it in the renice command?
Last edited by locutus; 2008-04-12 at 10:32.
but don't I need the process id, when i use the command?
or doesn't the pid changes after a restart of an application?
So I can't do it without a script, right?
do you know how to find out the pid of an application in a script and insert it in the renice command?
Last edited by locutus; 2008-04-12 at 10:32.
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2008-04-12
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Oh yes, I remember that :P
Basically you can do this in your script:
vagalume && renice <insert all the right stuff> `pidof vagalume`
``'s in a script execute a command as an artument, pidof vagalume returns the pid of vagalume which renice uses.
So the pid doesn't matter.
Basically you can do this in your script:
vagalume && renice <insert all the right stuff> `pidof vagalume`
``'s in a script execute a command as an artument, pidof vagalume returns the pid of vagalume which renice uses.
So the pid doesn't matter.
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2008-04-12
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Somehow the output of "top" and "ps -axl" doesn't show me the priority of the processes.
So I don't know if it worked right, because I have still a lag in music playback.
Maybe the reason is the lack of memory.
I get the following output of top:
Do you know why the %MEM values are so high? If I sum them up I get more than 200%.
Is it normal that so much memory is cached?
So I don't know if it worked right, because I have still a lag in music playback.
Maybe the reason is the lack of memory.
I get the following output of top:
Code:
Mem: 123368K used, 3460K free, 0K shrd, 1852K buff, 59408K cached Load average: 0.50 0.77 0.91 PID USER STATUS VSZ PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND 11970 user SW 69668 1 1.5 54.8 vagalume 12310 root RW 1960 12282 0.7 1.5 top 1343 user SW< 78460 1 0.3 61.7 python 853 root SW< 14248 345 0.3 11.2 Xomap 12200 root SW 5776 840 0.1 4.5 sshd 78 root SW< 0 6 0.1 0.0 OMAP McSPI/0 455 root SW< 0 6 0.1 0.0 cx3110x 899 root SW< 0 6 0.1 0.0 dsp/0 1338 user SW 51488 1 0.0 40.5 gnome-vfs-daemo 1224 user SW< 42008 345 0.0 33.0 osso-media-serv 9359 user SW< 35436 9259 0.0 27.9 maemo-launcher 9291 user SW< 29588 9259 0.0 23.2 maemo-launcher 1239 systemui SW< 26268 345 0.0 20.6 systemui 9551 user SW< 20856 9259 0.0 16.4 maemo-launcher 9259 user SW< 19208 1 0.0 15.1 maemo-launcher 1323 user SWN 16188 345 0.0 12.7 metalayer-crawl 9638 user SW 16100 345 0.0 12.6 mediaplayer-eng 9791 user SW 14724 1 0.0 11.5 e-addressbook-f
Is it normal that so much memory is cached?
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2008-04-12
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I'm.not sure. Vagalume is.streaming so there may be network lag.
Here is my output on a cleanly flashed N800:
Here is my output on a cleanly flashed N800:
Mem: 113272K used, 13184K free, 0K shrd, 8K buff, 33304
Load average: 1.10 1.17 1.17
PID USER STATUS VSZ PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND 1674 user SW 22240 984 2.1 17.5 maemo-launch 1677 user RW 1960 1675 1.7 1.5 top
780 root SW< 14956 341 0.7 11.8 Xomap
79 root SW< 0 6 0.7 0.0 OMAP McSPI/0Mem: 117304K used, 9152K free, 0K shrd, 8K buff, 37084K
Load average: 1.10 1.16 1.17
PID USER STATUS VSZ PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND
^[[7m PID USER STATUS VSZ PPID %CPU %MEM COMMAND 1679 user RW 1884 1675 3.8 1.4 top
1641 user SW 132M 1 0.0106.9 browser
1294 user SW 51312 1 0.0 40.5 gnome-vfs-da 1171 user SW< 46424 341 0.0 36.6 osso-media-s 1063 user SW< 31108 984 0.0 24.5 maemo-launch 79 root SW< 0 6 1.3 0.0 OMAP McSPI/0 811 user SW< 2048 341 0.3 1.6 dbus-daemon
1219 user SW 5228 341 0.1 4.1 alarmd 406 root SW< 0 6 0.1 0.0 cx3110x
1641 user SW 132M 1 0.0106.9 browser^M
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2008-04-12
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i don't think that it is a connection problem, because it occurs only when I do something in other application. Sometimes even if I only want to ractivate the background light and click on an empty place on the screen.
But this is only if i have other applications running.
So i think it has to be CPU or memory.
But this is only if i have other applications running.
So i think it has to be CPU or memory.
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2008-04-12
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Originally Posted by locutus
ps is a brain dead version (busybox) of the real ps command. You can find the real version of ps here:
Somehow the output of "top" and "ps -axl" doesn't show me the priority of the processes.
http://www.makikiweb.com/n800/downlo....2.7.armel.deb
You can find the PID of your applicaiton with the following command:
ps | grep <your_app_name> | cut -b 1-5 | head -1
Hope this helps,
Craig...
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2008-04-13
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and how can i get the process priority with this version of ps?
is it possible with this version?
is it possible with this version?
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2008-04-20
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Originally Posted by locutus
Good question. Don't know. But the top (called rtop for real top) will show priority.
and how can i get the process priority with this version of ps?
is it possible with this version?
Hope this helps,
Craig...
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I searched for it, but i didn't find a solution.
Is it possible to start media-players (i.e. vagalume) with high priority, so that it will not be interupted while playback?
Because if I do some other things the music sometimes stops playing for a few ms.
And if it is possible, can I add an icon to do it easily without entering the shell?
thanks for your help...