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Xload , delay, & enscript..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ilin@MIT.EDU)
Mon Sep 4 16:20:40 1995
From: ilin@MIT.EDU
To: netbsd-help@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 16:20:20 EDT
Hi,
I use xload & to see how is going with my system load in my NetBSD P75 machine.
There is one thing I feel strange--> after I execute a program, of course the system
load will increase, and I can see it climbs up, maybe to several horizontal levels.
After the program is done, it falls down, however, it remains in some higher horizontal
level instead of the original level before I execute it. I think this is strange. After
the program is done, it should return to the original system load level(i.e. the same
horizontal level), but it remains some higher level. Does it mean my system load become
more even after the program is done??
Also, when I execute 2 programs in the background, I found I have trouble in
moving the mouse, everything delays,(delays so much that I feel incomfortable) My
machine has 16MB RAM and 2MB VRAM, my HD has much free space. Does this make sense?
When I do the same thing on a DEC 5000, it does not delay so much as in my P75.
Compiled by gcc, the program running in my P75 is about twice faster than running in
DEC 5000, does this mean the gcc in my P75 is better than the gcc in DEC 5000? or the
CPU of P75 is better than one of DEC 5000? What can I do to avoid the delay situation
in my P75?
Finally, I found I can't use enscript to print. The lpr works fine. Could
someone tell me how to use enscript in NetBSD so that I may print out some 2sides with
2 pages per side? Thanks.
I-Lin
