[mythtv-users] pdflush is killing me

[Yeechang Lee]

R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> says:
> So is the number you poke into /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio stored?

Not beyond a reboot.

> Or should these calls be added to rc.local on the mythbox?

On Fedora, these settings are stored in /etc/sysctl.conf. For example,
this sets /proc/sys/vm/dirty_ratio to 40:

vm.dirty_ratio = 40

Also read the sysctl man page.

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