From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Michelle Roderick" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs suspension Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 16:53:00 -0700 Organization: Texas Instruments Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071100998 24312 80.91.224.253 (11 Dec 2003 00:03:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 11 01:03:15 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUEIV-00077z-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:03:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUFD4-0002Dq-Ez for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:01:42 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!elnk-nf2-pas!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!west.cox.net!east.cox.net!filt01.cox.net!peer02.cox.net!cox.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!attdl1!ip.att.net!news.ti.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 113 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pc146l.lsdo.design.ti.com Original-X-Trace: home.itg.ti.com 1071099898 6423 158.218.79.76 (10 Dec 2003 23:44:58 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.ti.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Dec 2003 23:44:58 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:119204 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:15143 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:15143 Here's the result of top: load averages: 1.62, 0.90, 0.61 00:44:32 175 processes: 171 sleeping, 3 running, 1 on cpu CPU states: 0.0% idle, 98.8% user, 1.2% kernel, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% swap Memory: 1024M real, 315M free, 553M swap in use, 6349M swap free PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND 19274 mroderic 1 10 0 17M 16M run 37:58 94.98% emacs-21.2 195 root 5 50 0 7496K 5864K sleep 245:22 3.03% automountd 25852 mroderic 1 58 0 1920K 1640K cpu 0:00 0.35% top 14950 pbelmond 1 48 0 14M 12M sleep 9:04 0.16% xemacs-21.4.8 26858 root 1 59 0 195M 57M sleep 914:52 0.09% Xsun 4117 pbelmond 1 49 0 84M 69M sleep 62.5H 0.06% netscape 4044 pbelmond 8 59 0 11M 8776K sleep 28:56 0.04% dtwm 25853 cpack 1 37 2 1056K 888K sleep 0:00 0.04% sh 25854 cpack 1 37 2 1072K 728K sleep 0:00 0.04% tail 25855 cpack 1 47 2 1144K 976K sleep 0:00 0.04% vmstat 4084 pbelmond 4 49 0 68M 26M sleep 3:34 0.02% acroread 16994 pbelmond 10 49 0 62M 52M run 4:18 0.02% netscape-bin 4107 pbelmond 4 49 0 28M 3448K sleep 2:46 0.01% acroread 1179 root 12 58 0 2760K 2032K sleep 6:44 0.01% mibiisa 125 root 1 58 0 1664K 728K sleep 5:27 0.00% in.rdisc wrote in message news:mailman.1457.1071025491.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > Yes, but I was hoping to see the whole page-- including the processes > actually running and how much CPU, memory, etc. they were using. Try it > again in a full screen window and give us the entire page of output. > > We do get _some_ information from what you provided: You have a lot of > processes running. Do you really need them all? The CPU is booked to > the max with user processes (user applications). But you do have enough > swap. Having more physical memory would help things run faster. > Normally a gig should be enough, but maybe you're running some > memory-heavy stuff. > > You could also make emacs run faster and smaller by byte-compiling > relevant *.el files. > > > hth, > ken > > > At 17:08 (UTC-0700) on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 Michelle Roderick said: > > = Is this what you wanted to see? > = > = load averages: 0.88, 0.35, 0.23 > = 01:00:02 > = 161 processes: 158 sleeping, 1 running, 1 stopped, 1 on cpu > = CPU states: 0.0% idle, 99.4% user, 0.6% kernel, 0.0% iowait, 0.0% swap > = Memory: 1024M real, 473M free, 479M swap in use, 6422M swap free > = > = wrote in message > = news:mailman.1364.1070916279.399.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > = > > = > I've used emacs for files much larger than 450k-- files up to several > = > megs-- and never had such a lock-up. Perhaps I wasn't ever using > = > font-lock with them, I'm not sure. > = > > = > If you're on a *nix box, do "top n 1" in a term when this happens and > = > paste it back to us. > = > > = > hth, > = > ken > = > > = > At 10:17 (UTC-0700) on Mon, 8 Dec 2003 Michelle Roderick said: > = > > = > = I am using emacs-21.2 in vip mode. I have a large file that I am > = working > = > = with (450Kbytes) and it occasionally suspends when I go into insert mode > = or > = > = if I do a line copy/paste. The suspension can last around 30 minutes. > = I > = > = changed my buffer size to: > = > = > = > = (setq font-lock-maximum-size 524288) > = > = > = > = and it still locks up. Has anybody had this problem??? > = > = > = > = Regards, > = > = > = > = Michelle > = > = > = > = > = > = > = > = _______________________________________________ > = > = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > = > = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > = > = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs > = > = > = > > = > > = > > = > = > = _______________________________________________ > = Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > = Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > = http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs > = > > >