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On Sunday 22 August 2010 21:04:56 Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> Well, the fix is in the line for 2.6.36 IIRC, so wouldn't be in an |
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> 2.6.35 kernel. |
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> That said, the problem supposedly being fixed goes back well before |
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> 2.6.34, so if that kernel works, it suggests that it is a different |
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> issue you are hitting. |
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Alan's problem sounds like the one I've been having through several |
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kernel versions - the way I describe the symptom is that the system |
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"lurches" through its work. It's an i5 box with 4 GB simple RAM (4 |
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cores, 8 threads). |
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I did mention this here a few weeks ago, but when I discovered that |
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killing BOINC, or reducing its allowed CPU load, seemed to cure it I |
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took no further action. |
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> However... If there was a FF update, that could be triggering the bug, |
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> as FF3.5+ are pretty stinky for I/O levels. |
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You may be onto something there. My genlop history of firefox goes back |
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to January, when 3.5.6 was installed together with sys-kernel/gentoo- |
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sources-2.6.32-r1. I don't remember when I first noticed the lurching |
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though. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23. |
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