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

Wed Nov 7 20:07:48 CET 2012

Hi Remmy,
+
+Le 2012-11-07 06:08, Remco Rijnders a écrit :
+> 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
+
+Thanks for the reply.
+
+No, I haven't tried this. Is there a way to do this with some kind of 
+GUI piece of software? I usually try to find ways to work on Mageia in a 
+way that any user could manage; most users will prefer to do this in a 
+GUI-visual-way.
+
+Cheers,
+
+Marc
+
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