On Dec 30, 1:34 pm, Dmitry Teslenko <dtesle...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > I'm making gui gtk application. I'm using pypcap > (http://code.google.com/p/pypcap/) to sniff some network packets. > To avoid gui freezing I put pcap call to another thread. > Pypcap call looks like: > > pc = pcap.pcap() > pc.setfilter('tcp') > for ts, pkt in pc: > spkt = str(pkt) > ... > > Sadly, but this call in another thread blocks gtk gui thread anyway. > If I substitute pcap call with something else separate thread don't block > gui thread. > > Using another process instead of thead isn't appropriate. > > Thread initialization looks like and takes place before gtk.main(): > > self.__pcap_thread = threading.Thread(target = self.get_city_from_pcap) > self.__pcap_thread.start()
Did you try using build-in gtk thread ? Regards Alain Spineux | aspineux gmail com Your email 100% available | http://www.emailgency.com NTBackup frontend sending mail report | http://www.magikmon.com/mkbackup > > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > A: Top-posting. > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
