Glen Wetzel (HE12025-07-26): > 1.* Tried this command on an xterm: > > $ for i in $(seq 50) ; do openssl speed & done > > Whether the renice was applied to the Xorg task or not, the screen does not > lock up and I can successfully pkill. So, no problem.
Nice. > *3.* The problem observed is consistent of having the windowing system task > (Xorg) being run at the same or less priority than the applications under > the windowing system. No, it is not: you had xterm and it subprocess eating all your CPU and nothing happened. > Last night I was lucky to capture some evidence that exemplifies the > problem. I left the machine with a renice higher Xorg priority (top value > 8). The next morning, it can be seen that the chromium window became > non-responsive and would draw a replicated image mess from other windows > when mousing over. However, the windowing system remained responsive. See > screenshot. This is not normal and proves that what you propose is not a fix but just a partial countermeasure. > On 7/25/25 4:04 AM, Nicolas George wrote: Top-posting is contrary to the etiquette of this list. Regards, -- Nicolas George
