The runaway mono.exe process when running MD on Windows is a known bug: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572517
Jonathan On 12/26/2010 10:40 PM, Omar Campos wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In following the advice provided here, I downloaded and installed > SharpDevelop. I made a simple salary calculator in C#, just to test it > out. I have to say, I like what I've seen so far. The IDE is lightning > fast, as well as compilation. Code Completion also works like a charm. > The only catch... I don't think it's compiling using my installed Mono > compilers, since, when debugging the app, I cannot see mono.exe in my > Task Manager, so I guess it must be using .net framework instead of > Mono. Does anyone know how to change this, or how to determine which > framework it is using to run? The reason I want this is because I want > to take advantage of Mono's SQLite support on future projects, which is > not available on VS Express. > > I also tried MonoDevelop 2.4 on my 4GB of RAM Vaio laptop, with > Windows 7. When the IDE started, the system slowed down incredibly (I > couldn't even Alt-Tab to switch windows). After a few minutes, I was > able to open task manager, and saw a MonoDevelop.exe process, along with > three mono.exe processes, one of which was using 1.5 GB of the available > system memory. The other mono.exe processes were using 262 MB and 20 MB > of RAM (approximately, as the numbers kept changing). After a few more > minutes, the MonoDevelop interface appeared, and the mono process using > 1.5 GB of memory went down to about 15 MB of RAM. But I still could not > interact with the interface. I finally decided to end all four > processes, but even after doing so, the system was still slow, so I was > forced to restart. > > This is exactly the same that happened when I tried MonoDevelop on a 1 > GB of RAM machine a few months back. I was, however, able to run > MonoDevelop sucessfully of a 2 GB RAM desktop PC. Since my 4 GB laptop > also presented the same problems, I'm guessing the problem is not lack > of RAM. Could something in MonoDevelop cause it to be incompatible with > laptops (sounds unlikely)? Or could there be some additional > configuration that must be done after installing the Mono framework that > I have failed to do? > > As I was advised, I'll ask this same question at the MonoDevelop list > tomorrow, but if anyone has any additional suggestions that I might try, > they're more than welcome. (I don't mind using SharpDevelop, as long as > I can get it to compile my projects with the Mono compilers). > > On a final note, all of these machines I've tested MonoDevelop on can > run VS Express, even if it's a bit sluggish and slow to start. > > Thanks for any advice. > > Sincerely, > Omar Campos Rivera > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
