Re: xterm scrolling speed - scheduling weirdness in 2.6 ?!

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Sun, 2004-01-04 at 10:49, Con Kolivas wrote:

> > I added a fprintf(stderr, "%d\n", amount); to that code and indeed
> > amount was *always* 1 no matter what I did (it even was 1 when the
> > (dmesg/...) output came in fast). And jump scrolling would take place if
> > amount > 59 in my case... can this still be not a schedulers issue ?
> >
> 
> > Looking at that how can it not be a scheduling problem ....
> 
> Scheduling problem, yes; of a sort.
> 
> Solution by altering the scheduler, no. 
> 
> My guess is that turning the xterm graphic candy up or down will change the 
> balance. Trying to be both gui intensive and a console is where it's 
> happening. On some hardware you are falling on both sides of the fence with 
> 2.6 where previously you would be on one side.
> 

So its Ok for 'eye candy' to 'lag', but xmms should not skip?  Anyhow,
its xterm that he have issues with, not gnome-terminal or such with
transparency.  I smell something ...


-- 
Martin Schlemmer

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