Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269913AbTGVUWn (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:22:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269964AbTGVUWn (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:22:43 -0400 Received: from pop.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20]:14037 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S269913AbTGVUWl (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:22:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:07:16 +0530 From: Apurva Mehta To: Felipe Alfaro Solana Cc: LKML Subject: Re: Scheduler starvation (2.5.x, 2.6.0-test1) Message-ID: <20030722203716.GA1321@home.woodlands> Mail-Followup-To: Felipe Alfaro Solana , LKML References: <20030722013443.GA18184@netnation.com> <20030722172858.GB2880@home.woodlands> <1058899713.733.6.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1058899713.733.6.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1533 Lines: 35 * Felipe Alfaro Solana [2003-07-23 00:30]: > On Tue, 2003-07-22 at 19:28, Apurva Mehta wrote: > > I usually run Opera and the skipping occurs often while switching > > between tabs with the mouse (not when it is done with the keyboard). > > > > Also, severe xmms skipping occurs while scrolling through PDF files > > (in Acrobat) while the first few seconds of a song are playing. The > > song virtually stops while I scroll. After the song plays for a bit, > > scrolling through a PDF makes no difference. > > > > Sometimes, xmms pops up in between songs saying that it could not > > detect the audio device! This occurs mainly during heavy disk i/o or > > cpu usage. > > Could you please test 2.6.0-test1-mm2 instead? It has additional > scheduler fixes which should improve your overall experience. I just patched my tree and compiled it. It does not work.. It freezes the system when I try to start X.. I gives a huge error message and the last line is something like : <6>note: X[1306] exited with preempt_count 1 I checked all the logs and I cannot find the complete error message anywhere. Any suggestions where to look? I also had to set root=0307 instead of /dev/hda7 to make it boot. But I guess that is unrelated to this issue.. - Apurva - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/