Comment 4 for bug 252004

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Bran Everseeking (bran-everseeking) wrote : Re: [Bug 252004] Re: multiple applications going uninterruptible

On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:26:02 +0000
Patrick Kilgore <email address hidden> wrote:

> From what it sounds like, these programs are just going temporarily
> unresponsive due to high system load. This happens on every operating
> system and usually all it requires is a short wait before the system
> can catch up to all the recent input/data manipulation. There is an
> option to disable the window "gray" effect in compiz if you do not
> like it, although its purpose is to remind you to wait a second and
> allow the computer to "catch up" so to speak. The more demanding the
> program, the more you tend to see this happen.

on further examination it is not a matter of system load. memory use
is not spiking and cpu utilisation is not high either. often the cpu
is not even scaling up when the freezes occur.

Bran