On Sat, 19 Apr 1997, Matt Maerli wrote:
> Hi all, my first post to this list so be nice. :)
>
> If I'm running something memory and CPU intensive (compiling a kernel) on
> my machine in one console, it seems the other consoles get a serious
> slowdown. Not just the speed at which the programs run, but the actual
> console is slow. As if I were on the console remotely over a bad 64k
> line going through multiple mci.net routers.. (you get the picture).
> Press enter a few times and it takes a full second or two for it to
> happen on the console. This just started with 2.1.35 (granted, I never
> tried .34, couldn't get it to compile). I'm running an Intel P150 with
> 40M RAM. I would think that since the compile isn't using all my memory,
> nor is it going into swap at all, (so sayeth 'top') that my other consoles
> would be more responsive. Thought this would be something for you gurus
> to take a looksie at. One of these days they'll let me have enough time
> at work to do some kernel hacking myself. (HA!)
>
> -- Matt