[mythtv-users] pdflush is killing me

[Tony Lill]

Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> writes:

> 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.

On other distributions, like debian, rc.local or something similar is
the way to go

-tony