On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 10:32 -0500, Ray Henry wrote: > I confess, in the case of tkemc and mini, the backplotter does not erase > overlapping points when running a repeat of the same tool path. It > simply adds the new data to the plot so you wind up with many spots > stacked on top of each other. It is not a memory leak, just an ever > enlarging file. I suppose that I was to sloppy a coder to write a test > the color of the canvas at the location of the next point and erase if > they overlapped. Either that or the ancient Gateway mobo was just to > slow to run both the machine, the display, and the test at the same > time. > > My workaround was to shut down the backplotter occasionally and simply > not run it after I'd confirmed the part program and went into > production. > > Rayh
Ah, yes. But just because I leave the backplotter up doesn't mean I'm running. I get the slowdown even if I just run the program once and then leave backplot active. The effect is not absolutely repeatable. Sometime it slows down and sometimes not. But I don't think that absolves backplot. I never get the slowdown if backplot is not running. Sorry I cannot offer more light. Dave > > > > On Sun, 2010-04-04 at 08:01 -0700, 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
