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On Sat, 2005-07-23 at 18:36 +0000, Mark Creamer wrote:
> I have a fresh install of 2005.0. PC specs are AMD Athlon 64 3200, 2 GB
> RAM. I'm noticing that certain applications will monopolize the CPU for
> a moment and then drop off. But during that time, mouse is hung, and
> nothing else will work or will work sporadically.
>
> An example would be opening PAN newsgroup reader, and selecting a group
> that has a large number of messages. Until all the message headers are
> loaded into the reader, even if that's only a few seconds, I can't do
> anything.
>
> How can I tune Gentoo so the processor doesn't peak for one app like this?
>
> Thanks!
> Mark
Hmm, I've seen this problem with machines that don't have DMA on, if
you're using IDE hard drives, what's the output of hdparm /dev/hda or
whatever the drive is?
Allan
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