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I didn't have the mental cycles to determine if it had just been renice-ed to 19 by /wil/bin/adrenaline so I could finish, but I I've learned that there are times when you just don't ask questions.

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I am quite sure that if _B.renice Ermyntrude Nicosia Nevin_, who is called by her initials on the cover and inside by what they spell, had tried to write a novel it would have been remarkably like _B. E.N.

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Hi, there is no icon for the CPU where you renice a process (in the process viewer).

KDE-Look.org Content 2010

Hi, there is no icon for the CPU where you renice a process (in the process viewer).

KDE-Look.org Content 2010

Then look to the convenient world of job control, where a host of Linux commands (cron, at, batch, nice, renice, et al.) help automate those repetitve chores with a minimum of fuss.

unknown title 2009

Then look to the convenient world of job control, where a host of Linux commands (cron, at, batch, nice, renice, et al.) help automate those repetitve chores with a minimum of fuss.

unknown title 2009

Press R to renice or K to kill, and type in the PID of the process.

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

If something is hogging the processor, you can use top to either renice it, if it is something you want to keep running, or kill it.

Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

I had to Ctrl+Alt+F1 into a terminal, log in as root, run top to find the PID of the VM and renice it to regain control.

PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

For your prob, try increasing the priority of the music app (iTunes?) via the nice or renice commands in the terminal (just a thought)

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