Subj : Re: Who blocks?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : nessuno
Date : Sat Jul 24 2004 03:45 pm

pascaldamian@icqmail.com (Pascal Damian) wrote in message news:<6bd4a4d3.0407220842.6235d54b@posting.google.com>...
> 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.


Dear Pascal,

Redhat 7.3 plus the Gnome that came with it weren't as demanding of
computer resources as current versions.  Current versions of Fedora
Core + Gnome require at least 256MB of RAM.  How much RAM do you have
now?  Your freeze-ups could be caused by insufficient RAM.

Nessuno

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