From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Dec 8 1:27:22 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 01:27:20 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from krycek.zoominternet.net (krycek.zoominternet.net [63.67.120.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50EDF37B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 01:27:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 26571 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2000 09:23:42 -0000 Received: from lcl12.cvzoom.net (208.226.155.12) by krycek.zoominternet.net with SMTP; 8 Dec 2000 09:23:42 -0000 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 04:27:18 -0500 (EST) From: Donn Miller To: Nevermind Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heavy disk activity and "freezes" w/ latest commits In-Reply-To: <20001208103722.A1051@nevermind.kiev.ua> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Nevermind wrote: > I've got the same problem, it seems to me it started on 4.2-BETA. > XFree freezes while I'm making something like rm -rf /usr/obj or copying big > amount of files. I've tried to use soft-updates, it helped a little but > sometimes it starts again. Hmmm... actually mine was working pretty well when we were at 4.2-BETA. Mine just started after I cvsupped and built kernel/world on Weds. Sometimes disk activity makes my mouse pointer jumpy in X. Or, my mouse will sometimes "stick" for maybe 0.5 secs and then jump really fast. This is when the disk writes/reads occur in large bursts. - Donn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message