> 2.1.131: System goes into a furious swap storm, when try to switch to
> another window "X" locks up, cannot move mouse pointer, reset switch
> time.
>
> Has anybody else noticed this?
I just caught it on it's way to oblivion. I had netscape window-shaded and
looked into things when system performance went the way of the dodo while
starting up an rxvt. The swap thread was sucking 40% CPU and VM usage was
upwards of 8 MB when I killed netscape.
This also sounds vaguely like what happened with tkmidi on a Cirrus card.
The close window caused the X server to go nuts, sucking enough CPU time
to throw off mouse updates and leave the system screwed.
> --
> Eric Lee Green eric@linux-hw.com http://www.linux-hw.com/~eric
> "Linux represents a best-of-breed UNIX, that is trusted in mission
> critical applications..." -- internal Microsoft memo
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