Re: [PATCH]O18.1int

Con Kolivas
2003-08-25T10:09:37Z

On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:42, Alex Riesen wrote:
> Måns Rullgård, Mon, Aug 25, 2003 11:24:01 +0200:
> > XEmacs still spins after running a background job like make or grep.
> > It's fine if I reverse patch-O16.2-O16.3. The spinning doesn't happen
> > as often, or as long time as with O16.3, but it's there and it's
> > irritating.
>
> another example is RXVT (an X terminal emulator). Starts spinnig after
> it's child has exited. Not always, but annoyingly often. System is
> almost locked while it spins (calling select).

What does vanilla kernel do with these apps running? Both immediately after
the apps have started up and some time (>1 min) after they've been running?

Con