I wrote: >One more data point that is maybe related. Since it seems that the >problem comes from some synch problem, it may be interesting what I just >observed. > >Due to a java server that was probably generating too much network load, >I had a system where all four cores were used at 50% load by ksoftirqd. >In this situation, launching octave from inside Emacs with run-octave >often fails. The background process is created, and it even receives >commands (I can close it by issuing a 'quit' in the inferior octave >buffer) but it does not interact well with Emacs, specifically, Emacs >does not show Octave's output. This behaviour is not deterministic: >after trying an avaerage of two or three times, I get a working inferior >octave subprocess. This defective behaviour disappears when I stop the >java process and consequently the ksoftirqd processes.
I forgot to add the best piece of information: with the overloaded system, once Octave starts regularly as an Emacs subprocess, top says that it consumes over 80% cpu, even when idle... -- Francesco Potortì (ricercatore) Voice: +39.050.315.3058 (op.2111) ISTI - Area della ricerca CNR Mobile: +39.348.8283.107 via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa Fax: +39.050.315.2040 (entrance 20, 1st floor, room C71) Web: http://fly.isti.cnr.it -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
