Jakub Misak wrote:
> Jukka Marin wrote:
> 
>> Try this (as root):
>>
>> sysctl -w vm.filemin=0 vm.filemax=1
> 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it, but I don't think it made a big 
> difference. I tried unpacking pkgsrc, but the mouse cursor was still 
> jumpy, with 5-6 second continuous pause when it was't updated at all.
> 

Ok, try the follwoing

1) Edit ~/.profile and put:

PTHREAD_RRTIME=1
export PTHREAD_RRTIME


2) Edit /etc/sysctl.conf and put:

vm.anonmin=10
vm.anonmax=95
vm.execmin=10
vm.execmax=60
vm.filemin=1
vm.filemax=10


Reboot and see if it improves performance