From owner-freebsd-hackers  Tue Nov  7 17:31:57 1995
Return-Path: owner-hackers
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id RAA11882
          for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 17:31:57 -0800
Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id RAA11877
          for <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 17:31:50 -0800
Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id SAA18699; Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:28:39 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Message-Id: <199511080128.SAA18699@phaeton.artisoft.com>
Subject: Re: Timing bug with Netscape 2.0b2
To: jehamby@lightside.com (Jake Hamby)
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 18:28:39 -0700 (MST)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.AUX.3.91.951107132105.27090B-100000@covina.lightside.com> from "Jake Hamby" at Nov 7, 95 01:23:12 pm
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Length: 776       
Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Precedence: bulk

> Is this another FreeBSD-emulating-BSDI bug with Netscape 2.0b2:
> 
> Any graphic that is supposed to be updated regularly (blinking cursor, 
> animated Netscape icon, or blinking tags in text) will not update when I 
> run Netscape 2.0b2 in FreeBSD... UNLESS either:
> 
> 1) The mouse is in motion (and then it updates slowly)  OR
> 2) There is network activity (Netscape is currently downloading a page).
> 
> I'm sure this is affecting everyone, right?

I believe this is another select() timeout/itimer interaction.

Has anyone looked at BSDI's default siginterrupt/syscall restart
options since the last time we talked about this?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
---
Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.