Squeak slowdowns (Unix 3.1)

21 Feb 2001


      I'm using the 3.0pre2 Unix VM under Linux 2.4.0, with a 3.1 image.
What I'm finding is that:
* normally things run pretty well; if I do a Message Tally I see about 80% 
of the time being spent in Delay>>wait. The CPU usage is below 5% for Squeak.
* sometimes, though, Squeak uses about 100% of a CPU, and if I do a similar 
Message Tally, I see 75% of the time being spent in 
EventSensor>>nextEventFromQueue.
It can go from the "good" state to the "bad" state just by being left alone 
with no interaction.
Saving the image, quitting, and restarting fixes this problem.
Any suggestions?
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Ned Konz
currently: Stanwood, WA
email:     ned@bike-nomad.com
homepage:  http://bike-nomad.com