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From: craig@attcan.UUCP (Craig Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Unix pc sluggishness when switching windows
Message-ID: <13650@vpk3.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 19:07:22 GMT
References: <1991Feb5.040416.354@shibaya.lonestar.org>
Reply-To: craig@vpk3.ATT.COM (Craig Campbell)
Organization: AT&T Canada Inc., Toronto
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In article <1991Feb5.040416.354@shibaya.lonestar.org> afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes:
 
>So, what is slowly degrading in the kernel that is fixed at boot time?
>Has anybody else noticed this?  Does anybody have a clue as to what it is?
 
>-- 
>Augustine Cano		INTERNET: afc@shibaya.lonestar.org
 			UUCP:     ...!{ernest,egsner}!shibaya!afc

I have found that, if I have a parallel port printer connected to the system,
and the printer is powered off, a lot of disk activity occurs.  
The printer is, of course, configured as well.
This seems related to a lot of activity by one of the first system processes
(can't quite remember which one).

Don't know why.  Don't know if this helps.  Fix was to leave printer on.


later,

craig