Messages in this thread | | | From | aidas@ixsrs4 ... | Date | Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:09:06 -0600 (CST) | Subject | Interesting multitasking bug. |
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I use Timidity, which is a program that takes a MIDI file, mixes samples in software, and then sends an audio stream to the sound card. It eats around 50% CPU on some files, and is very sensitive to losing its time slice.
Anyway, something I've noticed in later kernels, particularly 2.1.22. If I load up the curses version of ncftp and "ls -l" a large directory on an FTP site, Timidity apparently loses its time slice and the music skips during the text scroll.
Keep in mind that I run timidity with a -20 priority. Some other applications, such as Tiny Fugue, do this too.
Any idea what causes this? This is a P133, PCI video, 32MB RAM.
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