From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 11 17:36:14 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 427C316A4D1; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:36:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F20543D2F; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:36:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 13B7272DF2; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11C5E72DD4; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:36:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:36:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: cpghost@cordula.ws In-Reply-To: <20041007210654.GB16018@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> Message-ID: <20041011103317.B30955@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <4164BFA4.80105@unisa.edu.au> <20041007101315.W89482@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20041007180052.GA57159@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> <54522.208.4.77.15.1097175290.squirrel@208.4.77.15> <20041007210654.GB16018@bsdbox.farid-hajji.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Ryan Sommers cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Scott Long Subject: Re: Noticable Delays Since Beta 3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:36:14 -0000 On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 cpghost@cordula.ws wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:54:50PM -0600, Ryan Sommers wrote: > > > Under X (using xfce4), the mouse freezes for a few seconds in random > > > windows (indepedent of the program), then it jumps back up to life > > > after 2 to 5 seconds. This happens even when the mouse is currently > > > being moved (so it's not the X server being swapped in so somesuch). > > > The cursor freezes while in motion, and it reappears a few seconds later > > > an another location. > > > Good idea, but no. I'm sitting at the console. The box is connected > via ethernet (sis driver). There's no wireless card involved. BTW, > USB is also not in use, so that's not the reason. > > The problem seems to be identical, wether the box is idle or busy > (currently running portupgrade -akrRf since 8 hours). When busy, > the box feels just a little more sluggish than before, but those > delays are the same, wether idle or busy. They also never happened > before, even when compiling qt etc... This is something new. > > There are no console messages. My -stable machine doesn't have this problem, so its not something global .. If you can reproduce it easily,, try running vmstat to a file then reproduce, then check the output and see what spikes up. I run kde on my -stable box, but I can switch over to windowmaker easy enough. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org