I'm having a strange problem with cpu usage with my Athlon XP. Every so often there seems to be a pause where the system comes under heavy load for no apparent reason. If xmms was playing then I get a buzz sound and the mouse pointer stops just for a split second, the same with mplayer and vlc. Using Opera or firefox also seems to have a strange effect where the mouse pointer freezes while pages load, and if there is an animated gif on the page the cpu usage goes to 100%.
The jabber client Gajim also makes the cpu get stuck at 100%. When I used gnome, nautilus did the same thing until i stopped and started the process in the system monitor. I have searched around and found this tip from the handbook but it had no effect. hint.apic.0.disabled="1" in /boot/loader.conf This happens with the generic kernel and the one i compiled for myself. It also lasts for a random amount of time, sometimes it is barely noticeable and sometimes it happens for over a second. Running neverwinter nights makes the system pause for 10-20 seconds seemingly randomly. Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated! _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
