Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 11:31:15 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Noticable Delays Since Beta 3 Message-ID: <41657D63.1050605@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20041007101315.W89482@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <4164BFA4.80105@unisa.edu.au> <20041007101315.W89482@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Benjamin Close wrote: > > >> I've been using each Beta Release as they come out and ever since >>Beta 3 I've noticed delays where there never used to be any. >>I believe this may be somehow related to ULE->BSD scheduler change. A >>classic situation of where they now exist is when I switch virtual >>desktops back to another xterm. It takes 4-5 seconds before I can type. >>The machine is virtually 100% idle. Before beta3 this was not a problem >>with almost an instant response. > > > Can you provide a reproduction case? I don't notice any sort of delay when > switching between text vtys, or changing keyboard focus in X. I've been > using 4BSD the entire time. > > Are you switching between X and text vty's? There's always been a delay > there, worse on my amd64 box than i386, but I don't do that regularly; > much easier to just pop another xterm :) > I actually get this often in WindowMaker when I'm switching to a desktop that contains mozilla. It takes about 5-10 seconds for mozilla to redraw itself and start accepting input. I haven't had time to figure out the source, I just assumed for now that it was because the mozilla process started swapping to disk, and swapping it back in was thrashing things. Scott
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