Desktop responsiveness in Feisty (vs Edgy)

[Krzysztof Lichota]

Scott Henson napisał(a):
> Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has there been a change to which preemption patches are included in the
>> default Ubuntu kernel used in Feisty? I ask because I seem to have
>> noticed far more stutters (both when sound is played and when moving
>> things like the mouse pointer in X) and periods of up to half a second
>> where interaction is not possible. 
> 
> I think what you want is to install linux-lowlatency.  It should give
> you more responsiveness at the cost of battery life (if your on a
> laptop) and a slightly busier processor.  Once you have installed it,
> reboot into the new lowlatency kernel.

I don't think that mouse getting stuck for half second is normal for any
kernel. It must be a bug. Low-latency kernel is for special purposes,
not for getting normal system responsiveness.

	Krzysztof Lichota


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