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Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 05:47:46 -0700
From: Ryan Freeman <ryan@slipgate.org>
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On Sun, Sep 26, 2004 at 10:12:18PM +0930, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 21:16, Ryan Freeman wrote:
> > > I suspect that sysctl involves doing lots of locking and will do weird
> > > things..
> > > Does it happen if you run a CPU using userland proc inseadt?
> >
> > The problem is, it isn't just that sysctl command that does it. I find that
> > even running gkrellm makes the ticking worse. if i close gkrellm, it
> 
> I'd say gkrellm probably pokes at various sysctl's to gather stats so it may 
> be a related problem.
> 
> > reduces the ticks/sound stretches. that sysctl was just an easy way to make
> > the problem _really_ stand out it seems. iirc when i was using 5.2.1 i
> > found that just disabling the proc chart in gkrellm seemed to help a lot.
> > haven't bothered to try it now.
> 
> Does a purely CPU bound process cause the problem?
> ie try something like..
> dd if=/dev/zero | md5
> 

well i gave that command a shot (i closed gkrellm first to reduce any clicking
that may happen from it running) then started an mp3 with mpg123 alongside running that command. didn't skip a beat, so i guess its all related to sysctl...

- ryan