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Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 18:27:39 +0200
From: Florian Hars <hars at bik-gmbh.de>
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To: Robert Roessler <robertr at rftp.com>
CC: lablgtk at math.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: Timeout (windows/linux comparison)
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Robert Roessler wrote:
> I observed that GLib timeouts could be used down to 10 milliseconds
> (100Hz) reliably and without difficulty.

You are using Linux 2.4 or earlier, yes? From somewhere within 2.5 up to 
2.6.12.4 you would get 1ms (1000Hz), in 2.6.13 4ms (250Hz), unless you or your 
distribution change the HZ value to something else. See 
http://kerneltrap.org/node/464

Yours, Florian.