Re: CPU hogging Xywin under OS/2

["Carl L. Distefano" CLDistefano@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from Allan Needell  07/25/96 
2:39pm +0000

> Just had OS/2 Warp installed on the office computer (don't ask why)....
> I note one curious thing, however and wonder if there is a better
> setting....
>
> Two anomalies. ...
>            ... Second. If I monitor CPU use using the OS2
> "Pulse" meter. Xywin seems to crank up CPU use to 100% and stay there.
> Its the only program(win, dos or os2 that does that). Can still run
> other apps, but I suspect Xywin's hoggy behavior is not doing wonders
> for performance.

Allan: I have experienced this problem for a long time and have
yet to find a satisfactory solution. I would suggest adjusting
the following Win-OS/2 settings:

  DOS_BACKGROUND_EXECUTION to OFF
  IDLE_SECONDS to 0
  IDLE_SENSITIVITY to 1
  SESSION_PRIORITY to 1

The improvement, for me, has been marginal at best; perhaps you'll
fare better. If anyone has a better idea, I'd like to know. My
personal solution is to use Xy4DOS. ;-) (Seriously, the problem
may well be with XyWin rather than Warp.) Good luck!

P.S. The screen bleed problem is fairly common, perhaps more so
with some video adapters than with others. The problem *usually*
disappears if you throw something else over it, e.g., a PM app
displayed full-screen.


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