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On 07 March 2007 at 09:54, in message <200703071054.04685.vk@os-academy.dk>, Verner Kjærsgaard wrote: Onsdag 07 marts 2007 10:44 skrev Gordon Ross: I've built several OpenSuSE 10.x machines, and on all of them, I've had the "fun" of finding that at startup/login, the ZDM stuff just eats CPU & disc. On "quiet" PCs, the CPU fan has to work overtime just to support the stuff, and on laptops, ZMD just eats disc I/O.

For a while, I just switched off ZMD. Then I decided to be a bit cleverer. I altered the init script that starts zmd, and changed the start command line to be "/usr/bin/nice -n 19 ${ZMD_BIN} $ZMD_OPTIONS"

Viola ! My quiet PC is now quiet, and my laptop now runs well at start up.

Yes, ZMD takes a lot longer to sort itself out, but it no longer affects me, and that makes me happy.

All I need to do now, is work out why ZMD takes so flipping long to install patches regardless of it's NICEness... (come back YaST, all is forgiven !)

GTG

Hi - may we ask as to the whereabouts of bespoken script :-)

I just edited /etc/init.d/novell-zmd Look for the line that just says "${ZMD_BIN} $ZMD_OPTIONS" and prefix it with "/usr/bin/nice -n 19 " GTG -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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Anders Norrbring 09/03/2007 07:05 >>> For a while, I just switched off ZMD. Then I decided to be a bit cleverer. I altered the init script that starts zmd, and changed the start command line to be "/usr/bin/nice -n 19 ${ZMD_BIN} $ZMD_OPTIONS"

Viola ! My quiet PC is now quiet, and my laptop now runs well at start up.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but of all 10.2 setups I've made, the zmd process always runs at nice level 19 "out of the box". I've checked in on about 50 installations now, and every one runs at 19, no edits made...

I'm done this on 10.1 & 10.2 machines, and on both it makes a significant different to startup performance.. GTG -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

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I'm done this on 10.1 & 10.2 machines, and on both it makes a significant different to startup performance..

I just don't understand *why* it should make a difference since zmd runs at 19 anyway? Have you spent any time finding out WHY?

It didn't run at 19 on mine. I did edit it myself to change it to do run at 19, now. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFF8T56tTMYHG2NR9URAkvjAJ93toTHzdp7Fu89QOSabEo4xlvWVwCgkpCm mMWlmsXaid1Bt+iXFPODJYs= =hlMe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org