debugging a Segmentation fault

Hello, I develop a monte-carlo code written in standard C. I recently decided to "add features" to the previous stable version and now the code aborts with a Segmentation fault. I suspect the code is executing different parts of the code before crashing, on different runs (and therefore crashing a

Re: Heavy load of graphics

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 00:48, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 10:07 AM 10/7/2004 +0800, Peter wrote: > >Want to free memory? > > > >$ free > > total used free sharedbuffers cached > >Mem:223708 220120 3588 0 28356 107936 > >-/+ buffe

Re: VM Vs Swap space

swap area forms a part of the memory which is used for the memory objects like the stack when executable starts running. This anonymous segment will grow dependin upon the pattern of the functions calls in ur executable On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 21:57:27 -0400, chuck gelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An

Re: Heavy load of graphics

At 10:07 AM 10/7/2004 +0800, Peter wrote: Want to free memory? $ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:223708 220120 3588 0 28356 107936 -/+ buffers/cache: 83828 139880 Swap: 128480 3996 124484

Re: Mutual Exclusion in Kernel

Hi All, Spin lock is a mutual exclusion strategy which is used in Multiprocessor machanies. When i resource is not available for a particular thread, it wont be removed from TASK_RUNNING status and put into the corresponding event Q. Instead it will loop around the processor, in closed cycles u

Re: Heavy load of graphics

Want to free memory? $ free total used free sharedbuffers cached Mem:223708 220120 3588 0 28356 107936 -/+ buffers/cache: 83828 139880 Swap: 128480 3996 124484 $ locate /usr/bin/f* or x* or g* ...

Re: VM Vs Swap space

Ankit Jain wrote: hi if somebody can tell me that is this correct? (1)can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the term interchangeably thanks ankit (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as virtual memory. (2) I am not sure. Why on

Re: Heavy load of graphics

Ankit Jain wrote: well i hope this will give u a idea about my sys current status thanks i had never got memory lost kinda messages but aftger some hours of working my system gets damn slow and even mozilla never opens on it. when i start mozilla it shows in panel starting mozilla and after a mi

Re: Heavy load of graphics

Ankit Jain wrote: thanks this is the output i am using redhat linux 9.0 "I know Red Hat has a lot of standard daemons (PCMCIA, ISDN, etc) that are started by default - have you used chkconfig or redhat-config-services to shut off unneded services?" as u said...how to do this. i am intrested in clos

unicode input success report - final?

Maybe this will be a final report on this issue. Most importantly, since my last post I've been in contact with the author of xwingreek - a Russian fellow who programs in Java and Python who also has an interest in polytonic Greek (Greek with diacritical marks) input. He's been a great help. Xwi

Re: Mutual Exclusion in Kernel

No! You have to write your own busy-waiting-algorithm while the operating system provides you a semaphore. A busy-waiting-algorithm can be compared with a two-state-semaphore (lock or unlock) but the concept of the semaphore is must more powerful. In theory an infinite number of states is poss

RE: RAM or "empty"?

Hi, Reply Inline --- Ankit Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well it is really unique. actually i could not > understand in this what is this reseved address > space. > > > rest reply inline > > > --- Learner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi , > > > > Reply Inline . > > > > --- "Thekke

RE: RAM or "empty"?

well it is really unique. actually i could not understand in this what is this reseved address space. rest reply inline --- Learner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi , > > Reply Inline . > > --- "Thekkedath, Gopakumar" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >Is there a way to

VM Vs Swap space

hi if somebody can tell me that is this correct? can i say that swap area created by linux is nothign but virtual memory. is it correct to use the term interchangeably thanks ankit Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly

RE: Mutual Exclusion in Kernel

Good morning! Ankit Jain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb: > > hi > > what is spin lock? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_lock aka "busy waiting". A thread is polling until says "ok" and the thread continues working. > > thanks > > ankit Have fun, Robin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the