From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 8 17:25:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org 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 AFA2B16A41F; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 17:25:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (69-30-77-85.dq1sn.easystreet.com [69.30.77.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4781443D49; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 17:25:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: from leguin.anholt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j88HPaAs011348; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:25:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) Received: (from anholt@localhost) by leguin.anholt.net (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id j88HPVoG011347; Thu, 8 Sep 2005 10:25:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eta@lclark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: leguin.anholt.net: anholt set sender to eta@lclark.edu using -f From: Eric Anholt To: Eric Anderson In-Reply-To: <4320507C.7010005@centtech.com> References: <200509080813.j888DU9k038428@gw.catspoiler.org> <200509081940.17216.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <4320507C.7010005@centtech.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-a0KbR+YBb3dV9ZqHdDLB" Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:25:30 -0700 Message-Id: <1126200330.11226.1.camel@leguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.3.8 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: Don Lewis , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd performance problem (hitching) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:25:52 -0000 --=-a0KbR+YBb3dV9ZqHdDLB Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 09:53 -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > On Thursday 08 September 2005 17:43, Don Lewis wrote: > >=20 > >>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. > >=20 > >=20 > > Possibly, but I would expect to see some evidence in top of this. > >=20 > > Also, during the 'lag' X drops or doubles up keypresses - it would supr= ise me=20 > > to find that a userland app could make X do that very easily. > >=20 > > I will try your suggestion though. >=20 > I had a similar problem with XFCE4's battery/temp monitor applet. I=20 > think my freeze was about every 6-10seconds. I've also had a problem with gnome's battery monitor producing long "hitches" every several seconds. --=20 Eric Anholt eta@lclark.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~anholt/ anholt@FreeBSD.org --=-a0KbR+YBb3dV9ZqHdDLB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDIHQKHUdvYGzw6vcRAjh2AJwKp2Hy0YBjNPaGqZ/36B1TdcI+RACgg38k 3H5L8xgkDYvuKfiSeg9OeuI= =JEpd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-a0KbR+YBb3dV9ZqHdDLB--