Rob, I've been noticing the same thing lately. Very similar hardware setup.. very similar symptoms after a gcode file of about 20,000 lines (fine line engraving).
Has anyone seen anything like this? Is there a solution? - Michael On May 23, 2009, at 12:33 AM, Rob Jansen wrote: > Hi all, > > I am not sure if it is just me or my Linux machine but I have a > problem > that looks like memory leaks or something like this. > > After running a very large G-code program (like 655,000 lines of code, > 14 MB filesize) EMC becomes real slow. A clear live plot (ctrl-K) does > not help but after shutting down EMC and restarting again the > behaviour > is as expected. With real slow I mean that it takes 1 - 2 seconds > before > EMC responds on keypresses to move an axis. In a normal situation the > response is instantaneous and a short push on the page up key moves > the > Z-axis a bit (1 mm or so) but after running a large program a short > press on page up results in a Z-axis move of 50 - 100mm. > I tried both the clear live plot and loading another (small, few lines > of code) G-code file but that does not help. > Stopping and restarting EMC helps, then the system is in 'normal mode' > again. > > The machines is a 1.8 GHz intel and has (only) 1 GB of memory > available. > I do see that there is about 1 MB of swap space being used but I > cannot > relate this to these slow response times. > > Regards, > > Rob > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity > professionals. Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like > Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
