On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 cpghost_at_cordula.ws wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2004 at 12:54:50PM -0600, Ryan Sommers wrote: > > > Under X (using xfce4), the mouse freezes for a few seconds in random > > > windows (indepedent of the program), then it jumps back up to life > > > after 2 to 5 seconds. This happens even when the mouse is currently > > > being moved (so it's not the X server being swapped in so somesuch). > > > The cursor freezes while in motion, and it reappears a few seconds later > > > an another location. > > > Good idea, but no. I'm sitting at the console. The box is connected > via ethernet (sis driver). There's no wireless card involved. BTW, > USB is also not in use, so that's not the reason. > > The problem seems to be identical, wether the box is idle or busy > (currently running portupgrade -akrRf since 8 hours). When busy, > the box feels just a little more sluggish than before, but those > delays are the same, wether idle or busy. They also never happened > before, even when compiling qt etc... This is something new. > > There are no console messages. My -stable machine doesn't have this problem, so its not something global .. If you can reproduce it easily,, try running vmstat to a file then reproduce, then check the output and see what spikes up. I run kde on my -stable box, but I can switch over to windowmaker easy enough. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Mon Oct 11 2004 - 15:36:14 UTC
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