+#if defined(__LINUX__)
+ // On Linux, pthread_setschedparam with SCHED_OTHER does not allow
+ // a priority other than 0. Instead, we use the BSD setpriority
+ // which alllows us to set a 'nice' value between 20 to -20. Only
+ // super user can set a value less than zero (more negative yields
+ // higher priority). setpriority set the static priority of a
+ // process, but this is OK since Linux is configured as a thread
+ // per process.
+ //
+ // FIXME this is not true for 2.6!!
+
+ // map wx priorites WXTHREAD_MIN_PRIORITY..WXTHREAD_MAX_PRIORITY
+ // to Unix priorities 20..-20
+ if ( setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, -(2*prio)/5 + 20) == -1 )
+ {
+ wxLogError(_("Failed to set thread priority %d."), prio);
+ }
+#else // __LINUX__