Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!vmp!sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM!blilly.UUCP!balilly.UUCP!bruce From: bruce@balilly.UUCP (Bruce Lilly) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Re: Unix pc sluggishness when switching windows Message-ID: <1991Feb6.004352.1269@blilly.UUCP> Date: 6 Feb 91 00:43:52 GMT References: <1991Feb5.040416.354@shibaya.lonestar.org> Sender: news@blilly.UUCP (News Administrator) Organization: Bruce Lilly, Flushing, NY Lines: 20 In article <1991Feb5.040416.354@shibaya.lonestar.org> afc@shibaya.lonestar.org (Augustine Cano) writes: >My 3b1 had been up for more than a month, without any reboots. At some >point I had the feeling that it was really slow when changing windows, via > or (I'm running 3.51m). It looked like >a lot of swapping, sometimes taking more than 5 seconds to get to the >next/previous window. Of course the disk was hard at work in this period. > [ ... ] >With 3 windows open (through the UA), with nothing but shells in each of >them, I tested response time. Then I rebooted. Three ksh windows, as >before, but now trn running in one, elm on another and page on the third. >You wouldn't believe the difference! window switching is now almost >instantaneous, like it used to be. > [ ... ] >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? I also have noticed this. I don't know what the cause is, though. -- Bruce Lilly blilly!balilly!bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com