From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 7 01:27:02 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64DFD16A418 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:27:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+S4=e3227608@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from turtle-out.mxes.net (turtle-out.mxes.net [216.86.168.191]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3419313C465 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:27:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd06+S4=e3227608@mlists.homeunix.com) Received: from mxout-03.mxes.net (mxout-03.mxes.net [216.86.168.178]) by turtle-in.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15D28164686 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from gumby.homeunix.com. (unknown [87.81.140.128]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 850AB23E4A9 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:07:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 01:07:34 +0000 From: RW To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080207010734.5fceb382@gumby.homeunix.com.> In-Reply-To: <73b8a7e50802061545r4a1ac458g350eb4a45274ebe9@mail.gmail.com> References: <73b8a7e50802061545r4a1ac458g350eb4a45274ebe9@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.7; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Desktop Performance Tuning? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:27:02 -0000 On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:45:14 -0800 "Eli Scott" wrote: > I recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 RC-1 on my hobby system, >.. > performance seems to degrade whenever i'm compiling > things (like, performing a buildworld, installing from ports, etc) > which manifests itself as considerable lag in standard desktop > operations, I've noticed this too, it always used to be the case that building didn't make all that much difference to desktop use, but now it make a severe difference. Nice helps, but it only makes the problem intermittent. I've tried changing the scheduler to ULE, and disabling SMP, but it didn't help. There have been threads on the stable list about jerky mouse performance, which may be part of this, but I have really followed it closely. I'm also wondering whether this might be due to some xorg or other port change from late 2007 that I only noticed when I started doing a lot of rebuilding under 7-stable.