From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dhruva Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Emacs on GNU/Linux kernel 2.4 - Problems Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:18:23 +0530 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1205322522 3553 80.91.229.12 (12 Mar 2008 11:48:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:48:42 +0000 (UTC) To: "Emacs Devel" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 12 12:49:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JZPSH-0007lH-Uy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:49:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZPRj-0002Av-If for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZPRf-00027c-E7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:48:31 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JZPRa-00021x-KO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:48:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JZPRa-00021u-BZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:48:26 -0400 Original-Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.173]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JZPRZ-0000UP-Ur for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:48:26 -0400 Original-Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 29so2854082wff.24 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:48:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; bh=yI8z27Ey/YrCM8NozgQ7mUrLQf/Rx7Ubcp+QGWFvReA=; b=oMk17hButkUiTI7nMdKKm8KZrcM+LYGseKx/wRmbjITrXh/dQA9UXVgK8hSt/749wbwv5JUwEk+vNnq7OPxJTiKGRKnnm3tfeYl7Pmya12ryqZz7IYpQIXG6Q7ZKAAhVNwNnOuSMZabD24B8jl29FxU/Cb0vLMz3PV3ujF/CcBk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=sZgN/FFud9272Z8o/F07RvcHj3WOpB353CaVREO0bsFR/gTWNLpxTQXkHwdsaKrF0Q45dXZNAlf613LsRvYP4n66nz3/qQg8O4UK6FC1zbHLIroCi6fXvmwg9zyiUl+0khzIKug+u46eC5hFP51u2YxpLvHlpdjAdCinaNr+i3I= Original-Received: by 10.142.48.14 with SMTP id v14mr3253107wfv.121.1205322503747; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:48:23 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.142.187.10 with HTTP; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:48:23 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:92270 Archived-At: Hello, I happened to try building Emacs from CVS and running on GNU/Linux kernel 2.4 series. Opening a folder in "dired" to list the files and folders just freezes. There is not high CPU usage to suggest any looping, it appears more like a deadlock. My guess is it might be due to non-preemptive kernel. The same works on 2.6 series of the kernel. I will explore further if this can be handled. -dhruva -- Contents reflect my personal views only!