On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 11:55, Christian Aust wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've tried the latest 2.4.21-ac kernel sources (both r6 and r7) because
> my Compaq Evo N800c needs the latest acpi stuff that's available there.
> The system runs fine, but when I do something rather demanding (say,
> compiling a kernel, syncing the portage), the system seems to be much
> less responsive than the gentoo-2.4.20 that I've used before. The mouse
> stops every now and then, and it seems as if the computer almost came to
> a halt (for some seconds, not more).
> 
> Until now I figured that Linux does state-of-the-art multithreading and
> scheduling, so why is it like this? What can I do to change it? Best
> regards,
> 
hmmm, some generic ideas:

do you have dma-enabled?

did you enable low-latency-scheduling and preemptive-kernel options when
compiling the kernel?

you could increase the nice level of X

gabor

> -  Christian
-- 
"Don't worry. I used the back of my sword. Oh, it's double-sided. 
Sorry." -Zelgadis, Slayers 

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