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Xref: sserve comp.windows.x.i386unix:1514 comp.os.386bsd.questions:2375 Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!nntp.msstate.edu!olivea!uunet!newsflash.concordia.ca!sifon!storm From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc Wandschneider) Subject: Re: XFree1-2 + 386BSD performance Message-ID: <1993May12.144311.14744@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca> Sender: news@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada References: <1993May12.025731.29769@latcs1.lat.oz.au> Date: Wed, 12 May 1993 14:43:11 GMT Lines: 23 In article <1993May12.025731.29769@latcs1.lat.oz.au> wongm@ipc5.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong) writes: >Hi, > I have a question about the performanc of running XFree1.2 on >386BSD 0.1. In multi-user mode running 3 xterms, xeyes, xclock, >xload and xbiff, when I do serious compiling in one of the window, >I realize that the performance of the overall X activities are >intolerable slow and it chokes very very much, and I can hardly >see my mouse moving/appearing on the screen for 5-10 seconds. This is rather bizarre---I ran XFree86 and 0.1 on my 486/50; and with Xeyes, Xclock, and three compiles running, the load average hit about 2.27, but the machine was still quite responsive, and the mouse and windows still moved around as fast as they had before I started all the builds. Toodlepip! Marc 'em. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- storm@cs.mcgill.ca SOCS Staff, McGill University Marc Wandschneider (514)398-5924 386bsd--ftp agate.berkeley.edu:/pub/386BSD/386bsd-0.1, mail for FAQ info