Re: Fedora 16 instabilities

["Roger K. Wells" <ROGER.K.WELLS@xxxxxxxx>]

On 01/11/2012 06:41 PM, Tom Horsley wrote:

The only real problems I've had with f16 is the one recently
discussed in another thread about the kernel problem with
heavy disk I/O from one process bogging down everything
else on the system. I was using mencoder the other day to
convert a .wmv file to a big .avi file for simpler editing,
and while writing the .avi everything on my system turned into
a useless lump.

I have seen this as well:

• Thinkpad x220, fresh install of fedora 16 (3.1.7-1.fc16.x86_64)
  
• 95 Gb tar file on a USB connected HDD
• tar xvf "tarfile" where target location is also on the USB HDD
• during operation mouse is responsive, but try to change focus or move a window and it takes many seconds
• CPU load on all cores is negligible during operation, but system is unuseable
  
• when operation completes system returns to normal responsiveness.

HTH

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