Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 09:53:48 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Don Lewis <truckman@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd performance problem (hitching) Message-ID: <4320507C.7010005@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200509081940.17216.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200509080813.j888DU9k038428@gw.catspoiler.org> <200509081940.17216.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Thursday 08 September 2005 17:43, Don Lewis wrote: > >>That could be an important clue. Maybe one of the X apps that you are >>running, like your mail reader, browser, or system status monitor. Try >>running X with one of the lightweight window managers and just an xterm >>or two. >> >>The 10 second interval doesn't make it sound like the problem is any of >>the built in kernel tasks. It's more consistent with something that >>runs every 10 seconds in userland that monopolizes some kernel resource >>whenever it runs. > > > Possibly, but I would expect to see some evidence in top of this. > > Also, during the 'lag' X drops or doubles up keypresses - it would suprise me > to find that a userland app could make X do that very easily. > > I will try your suggestion though. I had a similar problem with XFCE4's battery/temp monitor applet. I think my freeze was about every 6-10seconds. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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