[Novalug] Hangs

[Matt Bidwell]

Navy Dragon wrote:
> I've been experiencing some annoyances lately when my computer is
> under heavy loads.  Frequently, when the CPU is at 100%, then my
> entire system (at least under XFCE) sporadically hangs for a second or
> two.  I'm not 100% sure, but I think this started happening once I
> added an additional 2GB of memory to my existing 2GB.  Here is the
> output of uname -srvmpio:
> 
> Linux 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 #1 SMP Sun Oct 28 18:57:18 EDT 2007 x86_64 AMD
> Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
> 
> I was wondering if maybe there is some particular setting or something
> I can do to improve responsiveness while under heavy loads?  I tried
> compiling a new kernel recently that had the options PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
> and PREEMPT_BKL both turned on.  From what I could gather, these
> options are supposed to improve responsiveness on desktop systems (of
> which mine is), however they seemed to have little effect.
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> TIA
Dumb question, but have you tried to look at top when this happens?

Matt