tomcat & mouse problems

[Gavin Atkinson]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Chuck Robey wrote:
> It seems possible, even likely,  that my tomcat6 port (running via Java) might
> well be the cause of my mouse suddenly slowing up and becoming very jerky in
> operation.  I can't guess what else might be causing my mouse to be so jerky,
> but it seems to clear up if I use the rc.d tomcat6 script to stop tomcat6, and
> that seems to fix the mouse problem (it clears up within maybe 30 seconds).
>
> I'm running a machine with plenty of memory, plenty of CPU (quad Intel core),
> and using FreeBSD-current.  The mouse is a Logitech USB/wireless model.  Any
> guess what might be causing my mouse's jerkiness?

Can you try using SCHED_4BSD rather than SCHED_ULE and see if that makes a 
difference?

Gavin