On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:05:18PM +1100, Taso Hatzi wrote:
> 
> A 'make -j2 modules' (for example) from the Gnome desktop
> makes the computer practically useless for anything else,
> eg multi-second delays in cursor movements on screen.
> This on an XP1800 with 512MB RAM.
>

Maybe you have a nautilus window open on the compile directory? 
Then it might keep updating the file list.
 
Run "top" and see where the CPU goes.

Havoc



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