From owner-freebsd-performance@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 19 21:45:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: performance@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17AF71065674; Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D2118FC0A; Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Received: from crab.unsane.co.uk (crab.unsane.co.uk [10.0.0.111]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m4JLjQeQ078172 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 19 May 2008 22:45:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jhary@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4831F4F9.2000302@unsane.co.uk> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:45:29 +0100 From: Vince Hoffman User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080507) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yani Brankov References: <4831A0A5.6040808@bulinfo.net> In-Reply-To: <4831A0A5.6040808@bulinfo.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 19 May 2008 22:16:24 +0000 Cc: questions@freebsd.org, performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Low/Jerky performance in FreeBSD 7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Performance/tuning List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:45:46 -0000 Yani Brankov wrote: > Hey guys, Hi > > I recently updated to FreeBSD 7 and noticed that my box started to > perform as windows does under heavier loads. The mouse starts to be > jerky when compiling, window updates/redraws are slow and bump the CPU > usage up to 100%. I attributed this to the mga driver which comes with > the distro in the beginning. However, I later noticed the same happens > even when X has not been started. For instance, I start a kernel compile > and the console mouse becomes jumpy. All these have never happened > before with FreeBSD on this box. It has enough memory (1.5G) and > relatively fast CPU (2.5GHz). I started to think this may be originating > from kernel level (irq handling, long times in giant locked code during > syscalls, etc). > > I am wondering whether it is only me who has hit this problem or it is > more common. It may be also related to hardware configuration, etc. I'm > trying to figure out. > Not just you, http://wiki.freebsd.org/JeremyChadwick/Commonly_reported_issues Vince > Attaching my dmesg output in case it's important. > > Yani > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"