Bug 4258 - xboing eats all free CPU cycles
Summary: xboing eats all free CPU cycles
Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: xboing   
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Version: 6.0
Hardware: All Linux
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Reported: 1999-07-29 22:21 UTC by peter.osterlund
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-07-30 21:27:37 UTC
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Description peter.osterlund 1999-07-29 22:21:12 UTC 
xboing uses a busy wait loop to slow down the speed of the
game. This makes the game speed dependant on the machine
load, and also takes away valuable CPU resources from
background processes.
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-07-30 21:27:59 UTC 
fixed in xboing-2.4-8 - thanks!
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