From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:06:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:06:24 -0400 Received: from c290168-a.stcla1.sfba.home.com ([24.250.174.240]:39499 "HELO top.worldcontrol.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 5 Oct 2001 21:06:10 -0400 From: brian@worldcontrol.com Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 18:19:28 -0700 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.10-ac3+preempt opening PDF/netscape eliminates responsiveness Message-ID: <20011005181928.A4099@top.worldcontrol.com> Mail-Followup-To: Brian Litzinger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011002163443.A6882@top.worldcontrol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011002163443.A6882@top.worldcontrol.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 04:34:44PM -0700, Brian Litzinger wrote: > I'm running 2.4.10-ac3+preempt on a K6-3/366 with 128MB RAM. > > I tried to open the file flag.pdf in ghostview > > -rw-r--r-- 1 brian console 229365 Oct 1 22:49 flag.pdf > > The system became almost completely unresponsive. The mouse would > move every 20 seconds or so. The hard drive indicator on the laptop > was basically on the whole time, and I could hear the drive > making noise. -ac5 did not help with long periods of frozen X syndrome. A number of people suggested trying 2.4.11pre2 or later. Unfortunately, I was unable to build 2.4.11pre4 and ext3. Newest patch at http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/ext3/ is for 2.4.10 and that patch had more patch errors than I could manage when applied to 2.4.11pre4. I did however find another easy way to cause the problem to happen: point netscape 4.78 at http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0109.3/index.html Do an edit/find on the word 'netcon'. The second I press find, the X cursor is frozen for 8 seconds, then moves a little bit, and then is frozen for another 50 seconds. This is 2.4.10-ac5 on a K6-3/366 with 128MB RAM. -- Brian Litzinger Copyright (c) 2000 By Brian Litzinger, All Rights Reserved