Please make gc_approx cron job run nice 19
Bug #106944 reported by
Michael Sebastian
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| approx (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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| approx (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: approx
The weekly gc_approx cron job can lead to heavy system load.
There is no good reason for this background process to have equal priority with user processes.
I was watching a high resolution HDTV show.
When the cron job started mythtv could not get enough processor time to decode the video.
First there were many glitches and then mythtv locked up.
I was able to recreate the problem by running the cron job from the command line while watching TV.
After I changed the cron job to run gc_approx as nice -19 mythtv worked much better.
There were still a few video glitches but things were much better.
| Changed in approx: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
Revision history for this message
| Clint Byrum (clint-fewbar) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in approx (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| summary: |
- [edgy] Please make gc_approx cron job run nice 19 + Please make gc_approx cron job run nice 19 |
| Changed in approx (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
| Changed in approx (Debian): | |
| status: | New → Fix Released |
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Wow this is a really old bug report. Still a pretty good idea. :)
I've forwarded this to Debian, marking it as also affects Debian, and setting status to Triaged. Setting Importance to Wishlist.