From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262782AbUALXNs (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:13:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262784AbUALXNr (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:13:47 -0500 Received: from mail-08.iinet.net.au ([203.59.3.40]:22175 "HELO mail.iinet.net.au") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262782AbUALXNc (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:13:32 -0500 Message-ID: <400329AE.8050304@cyberone.com.au> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:11:42 +1100 From: Nick Piggin User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030827 Debian/1.4-3 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jens Benecke CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.1mm2: very bad interactive behaviour under XFree86 References: <2867040.OKCKYgd4AF@spamfreemail.de> In-Reply-To: <2867040.OKCKYgd4AF@spamfreemail.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jens Benecke wrote: >Hi, > >running an up-to-date XFree86 4.3 from Debian unstable, I have a stuck mouse >pointer in X11 every time some application uses 100% CPU. I have >folding@home running in the background at nice 19, which doesn't disturb >anything, but when my machine starts up the following happens: > >- KDE 3.2 boots up, >- openoffice quickstart, >- KGpg reads a couple thousand keys, >- xmms, xosview, background picture, etc load up >- about 10 cm worth of applets in the KDE panel start > >During this time (20-30sec) the mouse pointer jerks from position to >position about once to twice a second. My X server runs at priority 0, not >-10, as recommended. This has been the case since 2.6.0-test11, but I have >the (subjective) impression that under 2.6.1rc1-mm1 and 2.6.1-mm2 it got >worse. > mm kernels have a small interactivity change, so it would be good to compare with plain 2.6.1. It is recommended that your X server run at priority 0. The -10 priority is recommended when using my interactivity patches. Its all quite confusing. > >I am using an Athlon XP 2600+ with 1024MB RAM, Nforce2 chipset, NVIDIA >XFree86 drivers. > > >Shall I try vanilla 2.6.1 and compare? Or is this an obvious problem? > Please try 2.6.1