On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Craig Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm cooking up an example that uses System.exec (or actually...don't you
> mean Runtime.getRuntime().exec()?). I'm about ready to try it on Windows
> as a service.

Yes.

>
> As for --noconsole, I've already tried that. It was originally part of
> my jsl.ini before I started stripping it down to bare parts.
>
> BTW...is there any way to make Pax Runner completely silent? That
> includes the PAX "logo"...I want it to be completely silent. Any way to
> do that?

No, but create a jira issue and I will implement it ASAP. The logo is
printed always. The least output you can get is with option
--log=NONE.

>
>
> Alin Dreghiciu wrote:
>> Hi Craig,
>>
>> As Toni mentioned there is not to much life wthin Pax Runner after the
>> target platform is stated.
>> There are 3 things you can take into consideration:
>> 1. Target platform is started in a new process with System.exec
>> 2. There are 3 pipes that pipes the System.in/out/err to the started process
>> 3. There is a shutdown hook installed.
>>
>> I cannot test your case as I do not have windows on my machine.
>> But before doing anything else try first to add the following option
>> to your cmdline: --noconsole
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Craig Walls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> And now for something completely different...
>>>
>>> I'm trying to run Pax Runner (v0.12.0)-launched application as a Windows
>>> service. I'm using JSL (http://jslwin.sourceforge.net/) to install and
>>> run it as a service. It works, but when I start the service, the
>>> performance tab in the task manager says that it's using 100% of the CPU!
>>>
>>> I've tried narrowing the problem down and I've finally reached a point
>>> where I'm doing a VERY minimal installation of Pax Runner as a service
>>> (my app isn't even involved anymore...nor are its dependency bundles).
>>> Here's what the jsl.ini looks like:
>>>
>>>    [defines]
>>>    PATH = c:\myapp
>>>    JAVA = %JAVA_HOME%
>>>    PP = %PATH%
>>>    P1 = %P2%
>>>    P2 = %PP%
>>>    MYAPP_HOME = %PATH%
>>>
>>>    [service]
>>>    appname = Semantra
>>>    servicename = MyApp
>>>    displayname = MyApp
>>>    servicedescription = MyApp
>>>    stringbuffer = 16000
>>>    starttype=auto
>>>    loadordergroup=someorder
>>>    useconsolehandler=false
>>>    stopclass=java/lang/System
>>>    stopmethod=exit
>>>    stopsignature=(I)V
>>>    premainmethod=run
>>>    premainsignature=()I
>>>    premain.modules=threaddump
>>>    premain.threaddump.class=com.roeschter.jsl.ThreadDumpListener
>>>    premain.threaddump.method=start
>>>    premain.threaddump.wait=3000
>>>    premain.threaddump.critical=no
>>>    premain.threaddump.interface=127.0.0.1
>>>
>>>    [java]
>>>    cmdline = -jar %MYAPP_HOME%/bin/pax/pax-runner-0.12.0.jar --platform=eq
>>>
>>> The only thing non-trivial about running Pax Runner this way is that I'm
>>> using Equinox instead of the default Felix (I get the same results with
>>> Felix, btw).
>>>
>>> Again, nothing special...just a bare-bones Pax Runner. No bundles other
>>> than the framework bundles are involved. When I start the service, the
>>> CPU jumps to 100%. Actually, while it's resolving the framework bundles
>>> from Maven, it stays relatively low (at around 40% or less)...but once
>>> the framework starts, it plateaus at 100%.
>>>
>>> Note that I can run Pax Runner (with or without my app) as a non-service
>>> and the CPU stabilizes after a brief startup spike. I can also run
>>> Equinox (java -jar equinox.jar) as a service and the CPU usage remains
>>> low. So, the culprit seems to be Pax Runner.
>>>
>>> I don't expect that anyone listening has tried doing this before, but I
>>> have to ask: What could Pax Runner be doing after the framework starts
>>> that would cause it to consume all of the CPU when running as a Window
>>> service? Once the framework is started, what is there for Pax Runner to
>>> do? Why so busy?
>>>
>>> And...anybody have any ideas on how I could run this as a service and
>>> *not* use up all of the CPU?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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