> > Well, that's a very subjective observation but on the same machine under > > Linux, doing the same kind of operation (unpacking stuff), X looks much > > more 'reactive' than what I actually noticed under the Hurd. > > I recall seeing "nice() failed" messages the last time I tried X under > the Hurd, I think that's the reason for this. Try setting the X > priority to the same value as all other processes imder GNU/Linux and > start doing unpacking stuff. I'm sure you get the same behaviour.
I remember seeing this message also. Might be the reason why X is generally quite slow. Thanks for the trick! ;) But why would nice be broken? Ludovic. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd