Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:04:29 -0600 From: Erich Zigler <erichz@superhero.org> To: John Utz <john@utzweb.net> Cc: t6nu <chain@daemon.bsd.ee>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Choppy picture with Sawfish+GNOME and fxtv Message-ID: <20011110130429.A94730@cerebro.superhero.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111101242530.22275-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>; from john@utzweb.net on Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:48:02PM -0600 References: <20011110101222.B85009@cerebro.superhero.org> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0111101242530.22275-100000@jupiter.linuxengine.net>
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On Sat 10 Nov 2001, John Utz wrote: > i am utterly astounded that this works! > yup! this code is a permanent while loop. it has no function calls in it, > so the OS is never free to choose to defer running the function so that > it can run something else. (more or less! this is an overly simple > explanation of multitasking :-) ) > why hogging up the computer could possibly fix fxtv on sawfish is utterly > incomprehensible. > it's sort of like saying 'here put these huge bags of concrete in your > honda, it will accelerate faster and give you a higher top speed'.... t6nu - What WindowManager are you running? -- Erich Zigler To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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