Subj : Who blocks?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : pascaldamian
Date : Thu Jul 22 2004 10:42 am

There are two things right now that drive me crazy when using Linux
(RH73 + Gnome [1.4]).

1) When fixating, xcdroast freezes disk activity and sometimes even
everything (mouse movement) for 30-60 seconds! (On Windows using the
same computer, Nero freezes too but no more than a few seconds).

2) Using bestcrypt (encrypted block device), sometimes when the load
is high, writing to bestcrypt partition is very slow (like only 4096
bytes per second, this is observed using strace). And Opera freezes a
lot, sometimes for 15-20 seconds every freeze, during writing to disk
cache. I never notice this noticeable/long freezes on Windows (also
using Bestcrypt).

Question: Can I reduce the freezes? It drives me crazy because it
interrupts my typing/viewing video/whatever I'm doing.

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Pascal

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