cjames@hplchm.HP.COM (Craig James) (11/26/88)
> xterms seem to "hang-up" once a while > and anything I type does not get echoed. > ... when large, detailed windows are being drawn. The > window gets drawn in spurts... How much memory does your system have? What other processes are running? These symptoms can be caused by other processes competing for virtual memory - xterm runs for a while then gets swapped out by another program. If you have enough memory, this process is invisible, as all the programs can reside in real memory at the same time. However, if there isn't enough memory to go around, swapping occurs with the results you describe. Craig James, Hewlett Packard Laboratories