On di, 2007-03-06 at 18:31 +0100, Krzysztof Lichota wrote: > Scott Henson napisał(a): > > Sitsofe Wheeler wrote: > >> Has there been a change to which preemption patches are included in the > >> default Ubuntu kernel used in Feisty? I ask because I seem to have > >> noticed far more stutters (both when sound is played and when moving > >> things like the mouse pointer in X) and periods of up to half a second > >> where interaction is not possible. > > > > I think what you want is to install linux-lowlatency. It should give > > you more responsiveness at the cost of battery life (if your on a > > laptop) and a slightly busier processor. Once you have installed it, > > reboot into the new lowlatency kernel. > > I don't think that mouse getting stuck for half second is normal for any > kernel. It must be a bug. Low-latency kernel is for special purposes, > not for getting normal system responsiveness.
Actually, I think using a low-latency kernel on an old computer might *cause* slowdowns and short "hangs" under I high load...? -- Jan Claeys -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
