Bug 4258 – xboing eats all free CPU cycles

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 (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	1999-07-29 18:21 EDT by peter.osterlund
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-07-30 17:27:37 EDT
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Description peter.osterlund 1999-07-29 18:21:12 EDT

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 17:27:59 EDT

fixed in xboing-2.4-8 - thanks!

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