[opensuse] nice and sluggishness

Hi guys, Just wondering. If I set a single process to have a nice value of -1, and the process does not use 100% CPU, why does it make the whole machine sluggish? I'm busy transferring video from VCR to my notebook. Mencoder is using between 60 and 80% CPU at any time, so performance is not an issue. But to avoid framedropping when I open or close something while working in the meantime, or to avoid disaster when updatedb kicks in, I set mencoder to be nice -1. Even though mencoder still only uses 60-80% CPU, everthing else is now sluggish - even the mouse movements are slow and jerky. Thanks Hans -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org