[X2Go-User] Graphical apps stalling in suspended session

[Robert Dinse]

      There are process groups in Linux that might affect scheduling depending
on whether backgrounded or not.

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On Sat, 15 Aug 2015, Mihai Moldovan wrote:

> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 03:17:14 +0200
> From: Mihai Moldovan <ionic at ionic.de>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook at eskimo.com>,
>     Matthew L. Dailey <matthew.l.dailey at dartmouth.edu>
> Cc: "x2go-user at lists.x2go.org" <x2go-user at lists.x2go.org>
> Subject: Re: [X2Go-User] Graphical apps stalling in suspended session
> 
> On 14.08.2015 11:01 PM, Robert Dinse wrote:
>>       I'm wondering if this is a bug or intentional?  It makes sense to me
>> to give more CPU time to interactive applications and lower CPU to those
>> where there isn't someone on a terminal waiting for a response.
>
> True, and there's a new functionality in the yet unreleased 4.1.0.0 version of
> x2goserver called SuperRenicer (disabled by default) that can be used to renice
> suspended sessions so they run with lower priority.
>
> Even then, though, the execution should not be slower than when attached, unless
> the CPU is well-loaded in the first place.
>
> There's no functionality in 4.0.1.x that would actively slow down applications
> (most likely draw calls - not applications in general) when suspended.
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> Mihai
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