On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:22:20PM +0200, Bart Martens wrote: > On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 06:28:59AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Package: dosemu > > Version: 1.2.2-3 > > Severity: normal > > > > Since the latest upgrade > > Do you mean upgrading dosemu from 1.2.2-2 to 1.2.2-3, and only this? Or > also other packages? I upgraded other packages at the same time. > > > xdosemu has gotten very slow. Specifically, > > one operation that used to take at most half a minute now takes > > several minutes. The operation may involve a bunch of disk access. > > Can you describe how to reproduce the problem? Can you repeatedly make > the problem disappear and appear by down/upgrading dosemu? > I will try that when I get a chance. The program with the problem is Managing Your Money (v12? the last DOS version). After sending the report I noticed it was a bit slow in other areas, but the particular problem came when it did a verification pass to check the integrity of its data.
> > Perhaps this is a side effect of #354208? > > Could be, no idea. It's worth checking this. > > > On the plus side, another program that used to use all the cpu while > > idle no longer does. I believe it was polling for the mouse and/or > > key presses. > > Which program? GrandView, an outliner > Can you describe how to reproduce this? Can you > repeatedly make this behaviour disappear and appear by down/upgrading > dosemu? > > > Versions of packages dosemu recommends: > > pn dosemu-freedos <none> (no description available) > > It seems that you don't have dosemu-freedos installed, so I guess you're > using an other DOS. Does the problem exist with dosemu-freedos > 0.0.b9r5a-2 installed instead of that other DOS? > I can try that too. Thanks for your response. Ross P.S. I took the quiet off the reply edress to be sure you get this. If that was a mistake, just let me know. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
