Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Wed, 6/25/08, Ray Wells wrote: From: Ray Wells Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system To: "Alex Carver" Cc: xastir@xastir.org Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 3:59 AM Alex Carver wrote: I know this was a couple of weeks ago but I finally started getting lockups with bulletins turned on, but I can't be absolutely sure of what's causing them. I first suspected xfbb because it appeared to happen around housekeeping at 2.00am, but the next night the time was different, and then it happened through the day when, in a sense, nothing was happening except the usual apps - fpac, fbb, xastir - were running. The system has been stable for near two years so it's hard to point the finger at the "usual" things. The only thing different that I did over the weekend was to change the zoom level on the maps I use. I normally run 270 to see the local digi coverage area but I took this to 700 to keep an eye on a mobile about 150km away. In total, the machine locked up 4 times in two days. Since turning off bulletins, and retaining zoom 700, the machine hasn't locked up again. The maps are topographic maps, if that is significant. The only maps I had going were the Tiger shapefiles. However, I've since switched to Fluxbox from Gnome (which was the default on the installation) and everything is fine. So there was something going on in the background with one of the multitude of applications that Gnome installs that likely caused the problem. It's been nearly flawless with Fluxbox. My system locked up again overnight so it certainly isn't zoom level as it appeared to be. I don't change zoom levels very often, in fact the same map and zoom level has been used for at least 6 days now and I'm not tracking anyone. xastir is just left to run displaying a topo map. cpu useage for xastir at present is 0.3% This is a system that's been stable for near two years and I haven't made any recent changes. The last updates were many weeks ago which makes unlikely a newer version of something being responsible. Back to gathering evidence. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Ray Wells wrote: > From: Ray Wells > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Alex Carver" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 3:59 AM > Alex Carver wrote: > I know this was a couple of weeks ago but I finally started > getting > lockups with bulletins turned on, but I can't be > absolutely sure of > what's causing them. I first suspected xfbb because it > appeared to > happen around housekeeping at 2.00am, but the next night > the time was > different, and then it happened through the day when, in a > sense, > nothing was happening except the usual apps - fpac, fbb, > xastir - were > running. The system has been stable for near two years so > it's hard to > point the finger at the "usual" things. > > The only thing different that I did over the weekend was to > change the > zoom level on the maps I use. I normally run 270 to see the > local digi > coverage area but I took this to 700 to keep an eye on a > mobile about > 150km away. In total, the machine locked up 4 times in two > days. > > Since turning off bulletins, and retaining zoom 700, the > machine hasn't > locked up again. > > The maps are topographic maps, if that is significant. The only maps I had going were the Tiger shapefiles. However, I've since switched to Fluxbox from Gnome (which was the default on the installation) and everything is fine. So there was something going on in the background with one of the multitude of applications that Gnome installs that likely caused the problem. It's been nearly flawless with Fluxbox. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Ray Wells wrote: > Since turning off bulletins, and retaining zoom 700, the machine hasn't locked > up again. > > The maps are topographic maps, if that is significant. Probably, unless you're either tracking a station (which causes maps to update often), or using radar maps (which also cause maps to update often). Are you playing around with the Xastir menus or just letting it run? It's doubtful that the zoom level affected anything. Have you checked the memory use in Xastir? Perhaps some updated library has caused more of a memory leak than usual. It's normal for memory use to grow over time. Filtering the internet feeds by radius slows this down greatly. "top" and then typing 'M' will show processes sorted by resident memory use. I've seen ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick take extraordinary amounts of memory during repeated map draws. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Tue, 6/10/08, Ray Wells wrote: From: Ray Wells Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system To: "Alex Carver" Cc: xastir@xastir.org Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:38 AM Alex Carver wrote: Alex, I may be off target here but have you run out of HDD space? My xastir didn't lock up but was only displayng parts of maps, and it was getting worse, when I found the full HDD. Good question so I checked just now in case you were right: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 8.3G 4.7G 3.2G 60% / I kind of wish you were, alas not. I know this was a couple of weeks ago but I finally started getting lockups with bulletins turned on, but I can't be absolutely sure of what's causing them. I first suspected xfbb because it appeared to happen around housekeeping at 2.00am, but the next night the time was different, and then it happened through the day when, in a sense, nothing was happening except the usual apps - fpac, fbb, xastir - were running. The system has been stable for near two years so it's hard to point the finger at the "usual" things. The only thing different that I did over the weekend was to change the zoom level on the maps I use. I normally run 270 to see the local digi coverage area but I took this to 700 to keep an eye on a mobile about 150km away. In total, the machine locked up 4 times in two days. Since turning off bulletins, and retaining zoom 700, the machine hasn't locked up again. The maps are topographic maps, if that is significant. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Wed, 6/11/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > From: Curt, WE7U > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Alex Carver" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 11:32 PM > On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > > > Ok, wget doesn't work either. There was an error > in the console > > that said that the radar image couldn't be > downloaded, increase > > internet map timeout. However, the timeout is maxed > out at 300s. > > So apparently Xastir doesn't like it when a map > isn't available > > but, in my case, it simply dies waiting for it. > > I've never had a problem with timeouts with either > libcurl or wget, > other than getting annoyed that the timeout I set in the > code ended > up longer in practice. I've seen LOTS of timeout > messages before, > mostly due to the Tigermap server being slow, with no ill > effects. I have no idea what the problem is either. I've never had this problem at all on any system. Before I reloaded the machine, the only problem was the mouse not working. Everything else was fine. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > Ok, wget doesn't work either. There was an error in the console > that said that the radar image couldn't be downloaded, increase > internet map timeout. However, the timeout is maxed out at 300s. > So apparently Xastir doesn't like it when a map isn't available > but, in my case, it simply dies waiting for it. I've never had a problem with timeouts with either libcurl or wget, other than getting annoyed that the timeout I set in the code ended up longer in practice. I've seen LOTS of timeout messages before, mostly due to the Tigermap server being slow, with no ill effects. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Ok, wget doesn't work either. There was an error in the console that said that the radar image couldn't be downloaded, increase internet map timeout. However, the timeout is maxed out at 300s. So apparently Xastir doesn't like it when a map isn't available but, in my case, it simply dies waiting for it. Suggestions? ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Well, I've removed the curl libraries (oddly enough changing permissions on the include headers didn't break configure) and let Xastir pick up on wget and so far no lockups. The system was using libcurl3 when I installed Xastir the first time. Fortunately nothing else requires curl or I'd be stuck trying to figure out a way to force Xastir to accept wget instead of curl. I'll see how it does over the next few days. Then I'll enabled the bulletins again and see if that blows anything up. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Tue, 6/10/08, Ray Wells wrote: From: Ray Wells Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system To: "Alex Carver" Cc: xastir@xastir.org Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:38 AM Alex Carver wrote: Alex, I may be off target here but have you run out of HDD space? My xastir didn't lock up but was only displayng parts of maps, and it was getting worse, when I found the full HDD. Good question so I checked just now in case you were right: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 8.3G 4.7G 3.2G 60% / I kind of wish you were, alas not. You can't win them all. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Mon, 6/9/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > From: Curt, WE7U > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Alex Carver" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 11:28 PM > On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > > > Is there a way to force the use of wget without > recompiling? I > > compiled using libcurl. > > Change permissions on /usr/include/curl directory or on > /usr/include/curl/curl.h file to 000. Configure will then > miss it. Ah, I figured you were going to essentially say "no". :) I'll get to it later this week when I have a moment. I ran out of tuits and moments, too. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Tue, 6/10/08, Ray Wells wrote: > From: Ray Wells > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Alex Carver" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:38 AM > Alex Carver wrote: > Alex, > > I may be off target here but have you run out of HDD space? > > My xastir didn't lock up but was only displayng parts > of maps, and it > was getting worse, when I found the full HDD. Good question so I checked just now in case you were right: FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 8.3G 4.7G 3.2G 60% / I kind of wish you were, alas not. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: From: Curt, WE7U Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system To: "Richard Polivka, N6NKO" Cc: xastir@xastir.org Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 11:29 PM On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or OpenMotif? I would suspect Lesstif over Motif if it came down to those two, or the Gnome window manager. I run OpenSuSE-10.3 with FVWM2 as a window manager and don't see any such lockups. I know that's not very close to the problem system reported, but it's what I have to work with/debug with. Ok, it locked up again while handling the radar GIFs. That was the last thing Xastir seems to be doing as it's the message that was at the bottom in the status bar when it froze. No bulletin box was up this time, it just froze on its own. It had downloaded the map just fine when I started Xastir. I guess next thing to try is a different window manager. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir Alex, I may be off target here but have you run out of HDD space? My xastir didn't lock up but was only displayng parts of maps, and it was getting worse, when I found the full HDD. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > Is there a way to force the use of wget without recompiling? I > compiled using libcurl. Change permissions on /usr/include/curl directory or on /usr/include/curl/curl.h file to 000. Configure will then miss it. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Mon, 6/9/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > From: Curt, WE7U > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Alex Carver" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 11:12 PM > On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > > > Ok, it locked up again while handling the radar GIFs. > That was > > the last thing Xastir seems to be doing as it's > the message that > > was at the bottom in the status bar when it froze. No > bulletin > > box was up this time, it just froze on its own. It > had downloaded > > the map just fine when I started Xastir. > > > > I guess next thing to try is a different window > manager. > > Or if you're using libcurl, try wget instead, or > vice-versa. Those > are the two that do the fetching of the maps. Perhaps > there's a bug > in one of those and Xastir is waiting for them to return? Is there a way to force the use of wget without recompiling? I compiled using libcurl. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > Ok, it locked up again while handling the radar GIFs. That was > the last thing Xastir seems to be doing as it's the message that > was at the bottom in the status bar when it froze. No bulletin > box was up this time, it just froze on its own. It had downloaded > the map just fine when I started Xastir. > > I guess next thing to try is a different window manager. Or if you're using libcurl, try wget instead, or vice-versa. Those are the two that do the fetching of the maps. Perhaps there's a bug in one of those and Xastir is waiting for them to return? -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Sun, 6/8/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > From: Curt, WE7U > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Richard Polivka, N6NKO" > Cc: xastir@xastir.org > Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 11:29 PM > On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: > > > Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or > OpenMotif? > > I would suspect Lesstif over Motif if it came down to those > two, or > the Gnome window manager. > > I run OpenSuSE-10.3 with FVWM2 as a window manager and > don't see any > such lockups. I know that's not very close to the > problem system > reported, but it's what I have to work with/debug with. Ok, it locked up again while handling the radar GIFs. That was the last thing Xastir seems to be doing as it's the message that was at the bottom in the status bar when it froze. No bulletin box was up this time, it just froze on its own. It had downloaded the map just fine when I started Xastir. I guess next thing to try is a different window manager. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: > Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or OpenMotif? I would suspect Lesstif over Motif if it came down to those two, or the Gnome window manager. I run OpenSuSE-10.3 with FVWM2 as a window manager and don't see any such lockups. I know that's not very close to the problem system reported, but it's what I have to work with/debug with. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: From: Richard Polivka, N6NKO Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system To: "Ray Wells" Cc: "Alex Carver" Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 10:18 PM Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or OpenMotif? 73 from a very soggy 807, Richard, N6NKO Ray Wells wrote: I run xastir on Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.18-3 and KDE desktop. I don't normally run with bulletins on and I don't do much map swapping. I haven't observed any problems. Xastir runs about 0.3% processor, rising to 0.7% occasionally. I've just turned bulletins on to see what happens. Ray vk2tv I look forward to seeing what happens with your bulletins turned on. As for Tif, I'm using lesstif on this system and, as far as I can tell, nothing's wrong. The typical missing slider labels symptom of a broken Tif package is not present. I see the labels just fine. I'm only using Gnome right now since that's what installed. The fresh install is because the mouse was completely dead and nothing I tried would fix it. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir So far nothing, no bulletins either. I also use lesstif. I've never liked Gnome so I installed KDE and weeded out many Gnome components. There is now a Debian iso image that installs KDE by default - debian-40r3-i386-kde-CD-1 - which I've installed on a test machine but since it's not "live" yet I don't know what it will/won't do. My in-service system was Sarge initially until I did the upgrade to Etch so it could be a bit of a hybrid in some respects. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Sun, 6/8/08, Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: > From: Richard Polivka, N6NKO > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system > To: "Ray Wells" > Cc: "Alex Carver" > Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008, 10:18 PM > Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or > OpenMotif? > > 73 from a very soggy 807, > > Richard, N6NKO > > > Ray Wells wrote: > > I run xastir on Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.18-3 and > KDE desktop. I > > don't normally run with bulletins on and I > don't do much map swapping. > > I haven't observed any problems. > > > > Xastir runs about 0.3% processor, rising to 0.7% > occasionally. > > > > I've just turned bulletins on to see what happens. > > > > Ray vk2tv I look forward to seeing what happens with your bulletins turned on. As for Tif, I'm using lesstif on this system and, as far as I can tell, nothing's wrong. The typical missing slider labels symptom of a broken Tif package is not present. I see the labels just fine. I'm only using Gnome right now since that's what installed. The fresh install is because the mouse was completely dead and nothing I tried would fix it. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Possibly, is there an issue with either Lesstif or OpenMotif? 73 from a very soggy 807, Richard, N6NKO Ray Wells wrote: Alex Carver wrote: --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: The main thread does all the graphical stuff. Perhaps the new bulletin popping up is causing a problem with the map updating, or perhaps there's some interaction with your window manager as far as the new bulleting coming up. Remind us what OS, version, and window manager you're using. Maybe somebody else has the same setup and can say whether they do/don't have the same problem. It's a fresh install of Debian Etch using kernel image 2.6.18-6 and the current WM is Gnome version 2.14.3.6. The system is mostly stock right off the install CD and the online repositories. I've only removed applications that aren't needed on the machine which installed by default (games, OpenOffice, etc.). Xastir was compiled from source obtained via CVS. Everything else functions normally. The WM doesn't stop running and I can manipulate other applications as if nothing's happening. Xastir is just simply stuck doing something. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir I run xastir on Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.18-3 and KDE desktop. I don't normally run with bulletins on and I don't do much map swapping. I haven't observed any problems. Xastir runs about 0.3% processor, rising to 0.7% occasionally. I've just turned bulletins on to see what happens. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Alex Carver wrote: --- On Sun, 6/8/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: The main thread does all the graphical stuff. Perhaps the new bulletin popping up is causing a problem with the map updating, or perhaps there's some interaction with your window manager as far as the new bulleting coming up. Remind us what OS, version, and window manager you're using. Maybe somebody else has the same setup and can say whether they do/don't have the same problem. It's a fresh install of Debian Etch using kernel image 2.6.18-6 and the current WM is Gnome version 2.14.3.6. The system is mostly stock right off the install CD and the online repositories. I've only removed applications that aren't needed on the machine which installed by default (games, OpenOffice, etc.). Xastir was compiled from source obtained via CVS. Everything else functions normally. The WM doesn't stop running and I can manipulate other applications as if nothing's happening. Xastir is just simply stuck doing something. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir I run xastir on Debian Etch with kernel 2.6.18-3 and KDE desktop. I don't normally run with bulletins on and I don't do much map swapping. I haven't observed any problems. Xastir runs about 0.3% processor, rising to 0.7% occasionally. I've just turned bulletins on to see what happens. Ray vk2tv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > Top says Xastir is using 100% CPU and the last thing it was about > to do is refresh the maps. There is no ImageMagick process > running in the background. However, there is a bulletin window up > (it opened on receipt of two bulletins) but I can't close the > window (though I can move it) and I can't do anything with the > Xastir main window. > > This is the same condition I've seen before. The maps were going > to (or in process of) refreshing but a bulletin window was up. > I'll have to try to disable the bulletin window (I forget where) > and see what happens there. The main thread does all the graphical stuff. Perhaps the new bulletin popping up is causing a problem with the map updating, or perhaps there's some interaction with your window manager as far as the new bulleting coming up. Remind us what OS, version, and window manager you're using. Maybe somebody else has the same setup and can say whether they do/don't have the same problem. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Sun, 6/8/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > The main thread does all the graphical stuff. Perhaps the > new > bulletin popping up is causing a problem with the map > updating, or > perhaps there's some interaction with your window > manager as far as > the new bulleting coming up. > > Remind us what OS, version, and window manager you're > using. Maybe > somebody else has the same setup and can say whether they > do/don't > have the same problem. It's a fresh install of Debian Etch using kernel image 2.6.18-6 and the current WM is Gnome version 2.14.3.6. The system is mostly stock right off the install CD and the online repositories. I've only removed applications that aren't needed on the machine which installed by default (games, OpenOffice, etc.). Xastir was compiled from source obtained via CVS. Everything else functions normally. The WM doesn't stop running and I can manipulate other applications as if nothing's happening. Xastir is just simply stuck doing something. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
Ok, no lockups when I disabled the map so I reenabled the map on Friday. It ran just fine all weekend long...until today. Top says Xastir is using 100% CPU and the last thing it was about to do is refresh the maps. There is no ImageMagick process running in the background. However, there is a bulletin window up (it opened on receipt of two bulletins) but I can't close the window (though I can move it) and I can't do anything with the Xastir main window. This is the same condition I've seen before. The maps were going to (or in process of) refreshing but a bulletin window was up. I'll have to try to disable the bulletin window (I forget where) and see what happens there. More thoughts? ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Thu, 6/5/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > You might open up "top" in a window and watch it > while Xastir is > locked up. See if ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick is taking all > your CPU > at that point. Does the mouse come back after the updated > map > appears on your screen? Could do that, I'll try it next time I notice the window has locked up. The mouse never stops working, only the Xastir window contents are frozen and not refreshing. I can still move the window around the screen and use the rest of the machine normally. But anything I want to do with Xastir is just frozen. If I try to click on something inside the window (like the menus), nothing. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > I'm noticing, however, that Xastir is locking up after a period of > time and it seems to be doing it during a map reload. > Specifically it's locking up when I download a radar image from > the NWS. Works fine for a while and then it just stops > responding. You might open up "top" in a window and watch it while Xastir is locked up. See if ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick is taking all your CPU at that point. Does the mouse come back after the updated map appears on your screen? -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
--- On Wed, 6/4/08, Curt, WE7U wrote: > I've seen GPM mess with stuff before and so killed it. > GPM is only > needed when you're running in text mode and want to do > mouse > cut/paste operations. Not needed if you're running X. Yeah, it's not running anymore but there were quite a few other things acting up so it was just easier to wipe the machine and start from scratch. > Check DNS: /etc/resolv.conf > > Does it lock up if you're using local maps? I have my DNS servers programmed in there and the package manager doesn't complain a bit about failing to resolve anything. I'll turn off the radar map and see what happens. The only remote maps I have are two radar maps with zoom levels set so only one or the other shows up. Both are now off for now. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Alex Carver wrote: > My mouse wasn't working correctly on my AMD K6 Xastir system so I > decided to flush the whole thing and reload Debian Etch on there > (which is what was there before but gpm was being weird). The > only thing I kept from the old system were all my maps and > customized config files. The rest is new. I've seen GPM mess with stuff before and so killed it. GPM is only needed when you're running in text mode and want to do mouse cut/paste operations. Not needed if you're running X. > I'm noticing, however, that Xastir is locking up after a period of > time and it seems to be doing it during a map reload. > Specifically it's locking up when I download a radar image from > the NWS. Works fine for a while and then it just stops > responding. Check DNS: /etc/resolv.conf Does it lock up if you're using local maps? -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Lockups on a fresh system
My mouse wasn't working correctly on my AMD K6 Xastir system so I decided to flush the whole thing and reload Debian Etch on there (which is what was there before but gpm was being weird). The only thing I kept from the old system were all my maps and customized config files. The rest is new. I'm noticing, however, that Xastir is locking up after a period of time and it seems to be doing it during a map reload. Specifically it's locking up when I download a radar image from the NWS. Works fine for a while and then it just stops responding. Fresh install of Xastir compiled from CVS. I get a 'yes' on everything but the last two modules (Festival and GPSMan are not installed, don't need them). The rest of the system responds just fine. The desktop is Gnome and it's still working, I can open new windows, drag things around, even open a terminal and kill Xastir. Then I can restart it and everything is fine for a while and then back to the lockup. Ideas? Needed info that I forgot? ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
