Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 18:57:34 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.4-prerelease - hanging under load Message-ID: <20050403025734.GA50498@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20050403023349.GA15696@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net> References: <424F5210.8060809@pldrouin.net> <20050403023349.GA15696@drjekyll.mkbuelow.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 04:33:49AM +0200, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Pierre-Luc Drouin wrote: >=20 > >Since I upgraded from 5.3-stable to 5.4-prerelease, I've noticed that my= =20 > >computer is hanging badly under load. I've a P4 2.53 GHz without=20 > >hyperthreading (no SMP). I use the same kernel configurations than=20 > >before. Now when I compile a port for example, the mouse pointer hangs= =20 > >in Fluxbox and Mozilla takes forever (meaning ~5 sec) to refresh the=20 > >screen. Even vi hangs. I do not see any warning/error message. Is it a= =20 > >known problem with 5.4? >=20 > Not quite as dramatic here, but when, say, the firefox source gets > untarred, my machine becomes quite unresponsive, including audio > decoding (xmms) stuttering and the mouse cursor jumping around. > Haven't seen the likes since the 486 days. This is 5.4-PRERELEASE > on a P4 3GHz. Perhaps some badly balanced scheduler stuff? You both forgot to mention which scheduler ;-) Kris --DocE+STaALJfprDB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCT1ueWry0BWjoQKURAtgNAJ9wG9uKdAQCnhILKlcG2xmDqYm5NwCg49Rx Mk1mPwRYPpq0wUUB/cNUNW4= =If1Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DocE+STaALJfprDB--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050403025734.GA50498>