Re: [Eug-lug] ubuntu xterm strangeness

2007-12-10 Thread Neil Parker
Mike Cherba wrote, >I noticed this when I was booting a system attached to a USB serial >device, but eventually localized the issue to xterm itself. Basically >when you put a lot of text through an xterm the cpu usage on gutsy goes >way up. like 100%. I've tried the same thing with the generic t

Re: [Eug-lug] ubuntu xterm strangeness

2007-12-10 Thread Mr O
Uh oh, damn it. Heavy thrashing does that every time. Thanks Mike. CPU never got near loaded but my hard drive locked again. Hopefully since my message sends while everything is still in RAM. Guess I need to break down and get that new drive I've been putting off. That be all, Mr O. --- Mike Cher

Re: [Eug-lug] ubuntu xterm strangeness

2007-12-10 Thread Garl Grigsby
On Dec 10, 2007 12:14 PM, Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm curious if anyone else has run across this issue before. > > I noticed this when I was booting a system attached to a USB serial > device, but eventually localized the issue to xterm itself. Basically > when you put a lot of t

[Eug-lug] ubuntu xterm strangeness

2007-12-10 Thread Mike Cherba
I'm curious if anyone else has run across this issue before. I noticed this when I was booting a system attached to a USB serial device, but eventually localized the issue to xterm itself. Basically when you put a lot of text through an xterm the cpu usage on gutsy goes way up. like 100%. I've

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-10 Thread Ben Barrett
Or his [op's] glitch, possibly, I did that on a mac, no probs here :) On Dec 9, 2007 9:32 PM, dooger watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, it's a mac only glitch apparently. The poster of the review had > been all over with the MyBook/Western Digital people and they were still > scratching th