[Mageia-discuss] Use of resources by TB on my main Mageia box

Wed Nov 7 12:08:53 CET 2012

On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 05:18:27AM -0500, Marc wrote in 
+<k7dchi$7lc$1 at ger.gmane.org>:
+>I was just wondering if there was an easy fix to this.
+>
+>I use Thunderbird on my main box to help run a webzine. I have 
+>Thunderbird receiving and fetching mail from  various locations and 
+>receive approximately over +1500 emails per day (some days 3,000). 
+>So, Thunderbird is pretty busy.
+>
+>When I monitor the use of resources, TB can go from using practically 
+>no resources to 80-90% resources. This has the effect of making my 
+>Mageia box "freeze" temporarily when TB is gobbling up a lot of 
+>resources. I have been ignoring this when working with other software 
+>as I know that 5-6 seconds later TB generally releases enough 
+>resources for the other programmes to work. The whole setup makes for 
+>a lot of hiccups when in use. Although, the board is really reliable.
+>
+>My Mobo: ASRock K8Upgrade-VM800
+>RAM: 2 gig (Mobo RAM max is 2 gig so I can't add more)
+>AGP Card: GeForce 7300GT
+>
+>I usually need the following software open to work with:
+>
+>FF
+>KWrite
+>Skype
+>Pidgin
+>
+>I know that a new mobo with more RAM would fix this, but is there a 
+>way to make the box work with less interruptions? Are there any other 
+>options/tricks other than replacing the box?
+
+Hi Marc,
+
+Have you tried lowering the priority of the thunderbird process? See 'man 
+nice' for how to do this.
+
+Remmy
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