Hi Frank,

   what errors do you get?  I use 4.1.x on linux and 3.4.4 under cygwin on
win32 and have used gcc 4.2 on Mac.  The basic requirement is support for
sse2 instructions.

BTW, this really should be on vm-dev...

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at angband.za.org
> wrote:

> On 2010/07/13 23:04, Levente Uzonyi wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Rob Withers wrote:
>>
>>  Thanks Levente. Unfortunately it did not work:
>>>
>>> ./lib/squeak/3.9-7/squeak: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.11' not
>>> found (required by ./lib/squeak/3.9-7/squeak)
>>>
>>
>> Seems like you have to build it yourself. Fortunately it's very easy,
>> since Eliot commits the generated sources to the svn repo. So you can
>> build a CogVM/StackVM without VMMaker. Here is how:
>>
>> "How to build the Cog Croquet VM on Unix
>> -------------------------------
>> 1. Install the tools (gcc, X11-devel, etc (e.g. libpng, libX11 & libxt
>> source))
>> 2. Check out the following sources from svn (if you haven't already - if
>> you're
>> reading this in unixbuild its likely you've already got the sources)
>> svn co http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/platforms
>> svn co http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/src
>> svn co http://www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/unixbuild
>> 3. Open a shell, cd into the unixbuild/bld directory and execute
>> ../../platforms/unix/config/configure CFLAGS="-g -O2 -msse2
>> -D_GNU_SOURCE -DNDEBUG -DITIMER_HEARTBEAT=1 -DNO_VM_PROFILE=1
>> -DCOGMTVM=0" LIBS=-lpthread
>> make install prefix=WhereYouWantTheVmToGo
>> 4. At the end of it you'll get a new VM in the path provided via -prefix"
>>
>
> Are there any additional requirements like gcc version, for instance?
>
> I ask because I get errors on the above instructions, on FreeBSD 6.4,
> running gcc 3.4.6. I can attach configure's output and whatnot, if you're
> interested.
>
> frank
>
>  Levente
>>
>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Levente Uzonyi <leves at elte.hu>
>>> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
>>> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>>> Sent: Tue, July 13, 2010 3:21:43 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Cog on linux (was: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: UI lockup in
>>> Squeak 4.1)
>>>
>>> On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Rob Withers wrote:
>>>
>>>  --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Levente Uzonyi" <leves at elte.hu>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:46 PM
>>>> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
>>>> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>>>> Subject: Cog on linux (was: Re: [squeak-dev] Re: UI lockup in Squeak
>>>> 4.1)
>>>>
>>>>  On Tue, 13 Jul 2010, Rob Withers wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> From: "Andreas Raab" <andreas.raab at gmx.de>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:29 AM
>>>>>> To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers list"
>>>>>> <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>>>>>> Subject: [squeak-dev] Re: UI lockup in Squeak 4.1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  On 7/13/2010 6:39 AM, Rob Withers wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The low-space watcher is running, at least before the problem
>>>>>>>> starts. I
>>>>>>>> do eventually run out of memory, but the uninterruptable state
>>>>>>>> happens
>>>>>>>> before this.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In which case you want to do the following:
>>>>>>> * Launch your app and wait until it's in the "growing state"
>>>>>>> * Hit F2 and from the VM's preference menu choose "Debug" and then
>>>>>>> "Print all processes"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This will dump a list of all the call stacks of all processes. One
>>>>>>> of them is the culprit consuming memory and you'll probably be
>>>>>>> able to tell quickly from just looking at it (if not, you can
>>>>>>> email the output here but it typically takes a domain expert to
>>>>>>> understand what's going wrong).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for this pointer, Andreas.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This time it was a Cog VM which spasmed, which I use for my client
>>>>>> (Squeak 4.1 for server for use with linux vm - I have no ability to
>>>>>> compile a linux Cog vm: would love if someone posted one that could
>>>>>> be launched headless for my webhost).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cog works, but i think you're trying to use the -headless switch,
>>>>> which (is deprecated) and tells the vm to use the X11 display, but
>>>>> with no window. Servers usually don't have X11, so it won't work.
>>>>> You better use -vm-display-null (and -vm-sound-null). Try squeak
>>>>> --help for further useful options (like tuning Cog).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I am trying to use the -headless switch. Good to know it is
>>>> deprecated. So you happen to have a Cog for linux binary (version 17
>>>> - 20), which I could use?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I have one, but I'm not sure it will work on your server. You can find
>>> it here: http://leves.web.elte.hu/squeak/cog17.tar.gz . It's built on
>>> ubuntu 10.04 and is optimized for core2.
>>>
>>>
>>> Levente
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rob
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Levente
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> It started running at 100% and I did your F2 -> Debug Options ->
>>>>>> Print all processes. It started dumping a LOT to the Debug Console,
>>>>>> then it froze, still at 100%, but no increase in memory now and it
>>>>>> went (Not Responding) and greyed out the window.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Luckily, I was able to see enough of the stack that was causing
>>>>>> problems. It is infinitely looping in this method:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LanguageEnvironment class>>#localeID: localeID
>>>>>> ^self knownEnvironments at: localeID ifAbsent: [self localeID:
>>>>>> (LocaleID isoLanguage: 'en')]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This has nothing to do with my code, except I must be calling
>>>>>> something that enters this loop. It happens in both Cog (Windows)
>>>>>> and Squeak4.1 (Linux <headless> and Windows).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure how to fix this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Cheers,
>>>>>>> - Andreas
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
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