On Sunday 04 April 2010, dave wrote: >On Sat, 2010-04-03 at 23:03 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 03 April 2010, Dave Caroline wrote: >> >384meg is a bit on the low side, open a terminal and type >> >top >> >look at %wa should be 0 if its a high percentage its probably using >> >swap memory...and that is a speed killer >> > >> >Dave Caroline > ><snip> >I use TkEmc but your description of the problem sounds identical if I >understood it correctly. > >I get a serious slowdown if I leave backplot up for hours. Screen >response gets really slow, even the mouse may take seconds to respond. >Shutting down backplot may take 10 to 30 minutes. As soon as backplot is >down my response come back to normal. > >I've always thought this was due to a memory leak that simply hogs more >memory over time. Other people contend that is related to job >priorities. > >It doesn't happen unless I run backplot and I rarely run anything but >emc on the machine. > >Any and all ideas, especially if accompanied with evidence would be >appreciated. > >Just my tupence. > >Dave > And this would seem to absolve Axis if TkEmc is doiung it too.
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >_______________________________________________ >Emc-users mailing list >Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of money? -- Ayn Rand ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
