15K lines with 6 subsequent runs without exit or reboot and no issues... I recommend stopping to watch THOSE movies while engraving ;) Rainer
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM, Michael Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- _________________________________ Rainer M. Schmidt Complex Consulting LLC [email protected] Mob (646)-275-0296 VoIP (646)-233-1002 FAX (646)-435-9216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
