Re: X under 2.2.3 [x86 users wanted]

Tom Holroyd (tomh@nibh.go.jp)
Thu, 11 Mar 1999 16:53:56 +0900 (JST)


On Thu, 11 Mar 1999, Daniel J. Frasnelli wrote:

> Need some x86 users to watch the processor usage on their X
>process to see if it goes out of control under the straight (Linus branch)
>2.2.3 kernel. 500Mhz DEC Miata w/128M brought to it's knees within 5
>minutes of starting X (XF86_3DLabs server) - 95% processor usage and
>above. Already know something is wrong from the strace, just need some
>x86 people to see if they also experience this problem.

I'm on a 500 MHz AlphaPC164LX w/128M, using XF86_3DLabs (with a FireGL
3000 card). Works fine for me under 2.2.3.

>The relevant strace dump of [pid X] is below for your convenience:
>read(3, 0x11ffff670, 64) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
> unavailable)
>read(4, "\10", 64) = 1
>gettimeofday({921129889, 670900}, NULL) = 0
>select(128, [0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11], NULL, NULL, {110, 994000}) = 1 (in
> [4], left {110, 994000})
>read(3, 0x11ffff670, 64) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
> unavailable)

Time is very sawtooth on Alpha right now, but 2.2.3-ac1 has a patch that
smoothes it out a bit (don't know if it fixes it completely) so if you
think it's time related you should try that.

Dr. Tom Holroyd
I would dance and be merry,
Life would be a ding-a-derry,
If I only had a brain.
-- The Scarecrow

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