From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6521A1381FA for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:20:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CC18E0ABD; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:20:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A9EFE0A99 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 09:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id s569Jx77007299 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 05:20:00 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s569JwT6009402 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2014 05:19:58 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] problems with performance when booted using systemd In-reply-to: <201406061002.44146.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <12779.1402034358@ccs.covici.com> <201406061002.44146.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Mick message dated "Fri, 06 Jun 2014 10:02:34 +0100." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 05:19:58 -0400 Message-ID: <9401.1402046398@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-s569Jx77007299 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 6872cb10-12ef-4218-8fb6-1a5efd1f1666 X-Archives-Hash: f1c384ed21de91921ef8359c58f395a2 Mick wrote: > On Friday 06 Jun 2014 06:59:18 covici@ccs.covici.com wrote: > > I am using uvesafb for the console, so I get 64x160 screens. > > Why don't you use KMS? I am asking in the off-chance that uvesa is not > working happily with your video card and the native kernel drive performs > better. > > This of course would not explain the high number of tasks; are these only > evident under systemd? Under openrc, I get much fewer tasks and even when I first booted systemd, it was fewer, but it was maybe be 400 whereas openrc had 200 or less. I am using uvesafb, because when I tried the kernel driver, nvidia closed source driver was not happy when X was started. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com