Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:40:32 GMT From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/73245: 'swap-in' causes several second hesitation on mouse and keyboard input Message-ID: <200410282040.i9SKeWTp011203@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/73245; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: bob frazier <bobf@mrp3.com> Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/73245: 'swap-in' causes several second hesitation on mouse and keyboard input Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 23:38:19 +0300 On 2004-10-28 16:20, bob frazier <bobf@mrp3.com> wrote: > when an inactive process 'swaps out', several seconds can pass before > the process will accept any input again if the process is > re-activated. This primarily takes place while xorg is running, > though it is not restricted to xorg. I've seen this happen on CURRENT too. After a bit of testing I found out that this does not happen if you set vm.swap_idle_enabled=0 in your `sysctl.conf'. Can you try this and let me know if it works for you too? Note though that this is a workaround, not a real fix of the real cause.
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