From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 4 12:26:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01154 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:26:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01132 for ; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:26:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA15948; Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:26:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 12:26:23 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Thom Oostendorp cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modem - X problem In-Reply-To: <34D7B371.41C67EA6@mbfys.kun.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Thom Oostendorp wrote: > I seem to have a weird problem when using a modem connection and X11 > simultaniously. > > Whenever I start conection on my modem (it's on sio1) while X is running > X starts slurping up 50% of CPU time,and the system slows down > considerably. This happens for instance as soon as I start seyon, or > when ppp starts making an automatic connection. > As soon as seyon, ppp, or whatever stops using the modem, X drops > back to a modest few % of CPU time. You don't have the modem and mouse set to the same port, do you? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major