Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:23:11 +0100 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcus Reid <marcus@blazingdot.com> Cc: "David E. Thiel" <lx@redundancy.redundancy.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_7 jerky mouse and skipping sound (still a problem -BETA3) Message-ID: <477F689F.4060204@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080105060749.GA9582@blazingdot.com> References: <200710171228.39123.mistry.7@osu.edu> <472ED12B.7040200@gmx.de> <200711070953.22154.mistry.7@osu.edu> <200711191254.08134.mistry.7@osu.edu> <b1fa29170711191022k2e3ea2afocdcd32ca0279c41a@mail.gmail.com> <4777942D.9010209@FreeBSD.org> <20071230205519.GL73834@redundancy.redundancy.org> <477817E1.7010409@FreeBSD.org> <20071230233017.GM73834@redundancy.redundancy.org> <20080105060749.GA9582@blazingdot.com>
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Marcus Reid wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2007 at 03:30:40PM -0800, David E. Thiel wrote: >> I've tried a lot of stuff in between, and all I've been able to narrow >> it down to is that it's not a display driver issue, and that none of >> my swap partition is getting used, so that's not the problem. During >> compiles, my UP system with ULE still gets very unresponsive when >> compiling, sometimes taking up to 10 seconds just to draw a new terminal >> window. Even changing focus with the window manager can take several >> seconds. I'd like to provide more info, but I'm not sure what stats >> are useful for this particular issue. Please let me know. > > I get the same type of thing, and have brought it up on the lists > at some point in the past. Basically, if the x server process > consumes enough CPU that it is not regarded by ULE to be an > "interactive" process anymore, then it doesn't fair very well > against other processes that are contending for CPU. I use > Windowmaker, which normally treads pretty lightly, but I can > imagine that the problem would be much easier to trigger on some > other window managers. I can easily trigger it by starting xlockmore > with a pretty busy screenhack with a compile running in the background. OK, so your ktr dump is where? :) Kris
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