This sounds to me like a kernel issue, did you recently switch it? Various programs that benchmark implementations hang forever. I'm pretty sure something is wrong with timers and/or signals.
On Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:30:54 AM UTC+1, P Purkayastha wrote: > > Hi all, > > Due to some change in my system sage no longer finishes compiling. > This is irrespective of whether it is sage-git or some released version. > Usually it is some tuning process that remains stuck for ever. > > * At one point, it was atlas that was tuning for two whole days and > never finished (irrespective of whether I gave the ARCH as "base" or > "Core2" or let it decide by itself). A system installation of atlas > finished compiling and installing in 20 min. Thanks to Burcin, I have > been able to use the system atlas and tricked sage into continuing with > the rest of the installation. > > * Now, it is g2fx that is stuck for ever. It remains stuck at again a > tuning program that doesn't use any cpu and it will remain stuck like > this for days on end without any resolution. The log file of g2fx is > attached and a screenshot is attached which shows at which command it is > stuck. > > I am at a loss and I can't understand what exactly is impeding these > tuning processes. It is also a hindrance since I am unable to install > any newer version of sage on this particular machine, beyond what I had > last compiled (sage-5.11.beta3): > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz > > If anyone can let me know how I can use a system installation of g2fx or > just let it use some generic tuning parameters, it will be great, and I > can continue with actually working with sage instead of fighting it! > > Thanks, > basu. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
