Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Problems caused by scheduler tweaks in 2.6.0-test6? | From | Tom Sightler <> | Date | Sat, 04 Oct 2003 22:45:25 -0400 |
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> Please send a rundown of what top shows during these occurrences, and please > define "hangs". I can't see how the scheduler tweaks can bring the machine > down. > > Con
I'm not sure exactly how to get the output from top when running VMware fullscreen, does it have a way to dump the output to text? Would another tool provide you with valuable output?
As far as the Wine/Outlook 2000 issue, I don't know how the scheduler changes cause this, and for the longest time I never really thought that was it, I always assumed that it was something else different between the main and the -mm tree. However, I'm basically 100% sure that it's the cause now because I tested with stock -test6 and then applied Nick's patches for -test6 (which back out your changes) and the problem goes away.
Hang means that the program simply will never exit, not that the whole system hangs or anything. When you exit Outlook it synchronizes the mailbox before it exits and the closes down the connection. The program hangs with a "Please wait while Outlook exits" message a this never goes away. It's 100% repeatable with your scheduler tweaks, and never happens with Nick's patches. What can I provide for that issue? Top output shows the process sleeping, not using any CPU. I can kill the process and it will exit.
I guess my concern is that I seem to run into a lot of issues that I consider bad behavior. I've outlined the issues with Acrobat to you before and you stated that you had profiled it. Well this is something I use almost every day and with these scheduler tweaks it becomes almost unusable. With Nicks patches, or even stock -test5 it works great.
Basically for me these tweaks significantly degrade three major programs that I use to do work related activities (VMware, Acrobat, and to some extent Crossover Office). I'll be glad to help where I can, tell me what information would help you.
Later, Tom
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