Issue: How does one change the priorities for a program for memory/cpu resource allocation? Example: Sometimes when swap is being committed to disk or a resource intensive process takes place in the background, my entire gui gets sluggish. The mouse does not move/staggers around etc. This should not happen! The mouse should get the first priority for 3 reasons (a)It does not take much in resources (b)What if I am trying to move my mouse to kill the offending process? To click on a cancel button? If my mouse is frozen when the process is executing, the whole purpose of a cancel button is defeated! (c) What if I am playing xboing? Background processes would destroy the smooth paddle movement!!! In BeOS, multimedia bandwith is far greater the ui bandwidth; you can play six different mp3 at the same time and your mouse will slow down to a crawl but all six mp3s will play beautifully. I am trying to achieve the opposite of this!! This seems like it should be intuitive and default on linux. I am sure it is not that my computer is slow; it's an 850 athlon with 256Mb RAM and runs like a champ! any help will be appreciated. regards, Adi Gadwale. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/