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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:25:44 -0800
From: Bryan Whitehead <driver@jpl.nasa.gov>
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Subject: Re: xterm scrolling speed - scheduling weirdness in 2.6 ?!
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> [1] Others say that it only affects them first time through - after
> something is cached, it goes back to normal speed. For me - it is slow
> *all* the time. If I pipe it to cat or tail or something, it is a
> *lot* quicker.

I get slow all the time at home with a single CPU system.

At work I have a Dual p4 1.7Ghz XEON... Only when I keep both CPU's busy 
(example: make -j 4) does it happen on the dual machine. So basically if 
my dual machine is busy (one CPU has to be pegged or both are over 50% 
usage) I start getting very crappy xterm/gnome-terminal response.

I've been running each xterm/gnome-terminal with screen and when it 
starts grinding I detach/reattach.

-- 
Bryan Whitehead
SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry and Large Optical Systems
Phone: 818 354 2903
driver@jpl.nasa.gov

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