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[Sergio Costas <rastersoft@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's the interesting thing: the daemon is launched automatically with
DBus as root, so you can set the priorities with renice_gamed without
needing to be root. But, of course, only for the binaries listed in
/etc/gamed.conf (allowing to set it for any program would be a security
hole).

El 08/11/12 22:47, Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff escribió:
> FYI, there's also AutoNiceD that does roughly the same thing, but it's a
> little more advanced. Should work too.
>
> Does GAMEd require root permissions to renice things?
>
> 2012/11/9 Sergio Costas <rastersoft@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>  Hi all:
>>
>> I created a little daemon to set priorities. It's called GAMEd.
>>
>> You can download and install it just opening a terminal and typing:
>>
>>     git clone https:/**/github.**com/rastersoft/**gamed.git<https://github.com/rastersoft/gamed.git>
>>     cd gamed
>>     make
>>     sudo make install
>>
>> Now, to set the priority, just type
>>
>>     renice_gamed -20
>>
>> This will set the priority of both Xorg and Gala to -20
>>
>> Now, each time you enter your session, GAMEd will automatically set the
>> priority to that value. If you change it again, the new value will be
>> remembered between sessions.
>>
>> You can also edit /etc/gamed.conf and add more executables to the list
>> (like unity or gnome-shell), allowing to use it with other desktops.
>>
>> Of course, this is just a temporary hack, until ulatencyd gets fixed.
>>
>> One last note: it seems that the effect in games needs some seconds before
>> working, so after setting the priority, wait some seconds before launching
>> the game.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>>
>> El 05/11/12 00:51, Dane Henson escribió:
>>
>> I have the same issue. I attempted to install Limbo (yes, it's in a wine
>> wrapper) on my MacBook with Intel graphics. The fps is terrible, the
>> keystrokes are laggy. Not sure what the issue is, just thought I'd mention
>> that it affected me too.
>> On Nov 4, 2012 5:40 PM, "Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff" <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>  Sergio, what GPU and driver do you have?
>>
>> If it's an AMD GPU with the proprietary driver, this is likely caused
>> by the multitude of vsync bugs in catalyst, where vsync either doesn't
>> work or causes a slideshow-like performance, e.g. on moving windows in
>> Gala.
>>
>> According to http://limbogame.org/news/, Limbo runs via a WINE
>> wrapper, and that causes even more issues with Catalyst, namely...
>> vsync again. Unreal and Skyrim in WINE have terrible tearing under
>> Unity2D (metacity) on my HD6770, for example.
>>
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