On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 08:49 -0700, Ric Otte wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 03:07:41AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Does tar succeed as well? > > > Yes, I believe so. I just copied several directories using tar, and > fsck says everything is fine. > > One thing I notice is that while copying the files (using either cp or > rsync (and also tar, although I didn't pay as much attention), is that > according to top, Xfree86 is often using up to 78-99% of the cpu, and > things are very sluggish for a few seconds after the copying is done. > Every few seconds Xfree86 will go to the top of top with a high cpu > usage. This is puzzling to me, because I'm using fluxbox with 3 open > rxvt terminals. Xorg does that with me, too, but that's because I have integrated video, which is a POS (but a compromise you make in older SFF systems) and uses the vesa driver. What if you pipe stdout to a text file? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Temporarily not of Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The trouble with children is that they are not returnable." Quentin Crisp
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