Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 18 May 1997 22:35:36 +0200 (MET DST) | From | tlund <> | Subject | Re: Virtual Console hungs. |
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> Since the Virtual Console code changed, the VCs stop responding if > there is a lot of output to one of them. > > Simple test, run > > main() { for (;;) printf("Hello moon!\r"); } > > in one VC and try to use the other ones -- they are extremely slow or > doesn't respond at all. > > No problem running something like this in 2.0.30 or the earlier 2.1.x > kernels. > > I'm not much for fancy graphics so I do all my work in the VCs but > this slowdown is starting to get to me. Even compiling the kernel, > which results in some scrolling slows down the other VCs. > > P133, 80x50, 2.1.36. > > I'll be happy to hear comments.
2.1.38 here, and i have the same symptom, during kernel compile, all the VC:s get VERY slow.
p166 running at 187.6Mhz, 64Mbyte memmory.
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