"Save Project on File" "almost hangs" Squeak?

mds zenporcupinegrind at breathe.com
Wed Jul 7 17:42:58 UTC 2004


It should be indeed --- the test is to see if using a fixed heap size
(as allocated with the -memory switch) "solves" the problem ... 

take care,
-Marc


On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 01:07:29PM -0400, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> Marc,
> 
> Let me try this evening and I will report what happened.
> 
> Just a quick question: should something like  -memory 96m be sufficient?
> 
> Milan
> 
> On July 7, 2004 12:13 pm, mds wrote:
> > Hi Milan,
> >
> > I've got a feeling this is related to the ImageSegment problems that
> > Goran and I have also been experiencing in relation to SqueakMap.
> >
> > Ken in fact suggested a test for this ImageSegment issue --- that of
> > loading in saved projects from disk back into the image, which resulted
> > in the same primitive 99 failings; this might be what you're
> > experiencing [I can't tell without a full report].
> >
> > The hope is that the 64-bit code amendments from Ian and co. will
> > rectify the problem. For now, try running your VM with the -memory ##m
> > switch and trying this procedure again; if you still have the same
> > problems, the likelihood is it's an unrelated issue, else we're at least
> > on the same page.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Marc
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:20:20AM -0400, Milan Zimmermann wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a simple project with a Playfield with one Morph and one script
> > > (stopped). When I do "Save Project on File", and select local directory,
> > > Squeak is "Collecting" and then "Publishing" forever (well I had patience
> > > for about 7 minutes max).
> > >
> > > This is on SuSE 8.2 Squeak 3.7b-5967. In the process, Squeak uses about
> > > 90% resources and it feels almost "hang" but it's not, always refreshes
> > > after a while.
> > >
> > > Does this feel like a bug or can there be something about the project? I
> > > would attach the project but do not know how to export it in some other
> > > way.
> > >
> > > Milan
> > >
> > > PS PLease let me know if the	squeakland at squeakland.org is a better forum
> > > for such questions ...
> 

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