From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262033AbTKCLBo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:01:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262034AbTKCLBo (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:01:44 -0500 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:28546 "EHLO x30.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262033AbTKCLBn (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2003 06:01:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 12:01:29 +0100 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Jan Dittmer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Clock skips (?) with 2.6 and games Message-ID: <20031103110129.GF1772@x30.random> References: <3FA62DD4.1020202@portrix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FA62DD4.1020202@portrix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-GPG-Key: 1024D/68B9CB43 13D9 8355 295F 4823 7C49 C012 DFA1 686E 68B9 CB43 X-PGP-Key: 1024R/CB4660B9 CC A0 71 81 F4 A0 63 AC C0 4B 81 1D 8C 15 C8 E5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 11:28:36AM +0100, Jan Dittmer wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I'm experiencing skips in games like q3demo and enemy territory on a > dual xeon p4. That means, if I'm walking around, about every 2-3 seconds > I'm skipping a bit of the way. It seems that the clock is running too > slow and the games are trying to catch up every x seconds with the > system time. > System is running 2.6.0-test9-mm1. This effect does not show with > 2.4.23pre6aa3, though there are only two processors displayed. Is this btw, to make it even better for a desktop multimedia usage like yours, you can also pass 'desktop' to the 2.4.23pre6aa3 kernel. I'd like to hear how 'desktop' affects your usage in 2.4.23pre6aa3. thanks.