On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 08:14:53PM +0800, Nai Xia wrote: >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi list, >> > >> > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:56:07PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote: >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:47:31PM +0800, Andi Kleen wrote: >> >> > > > One scenario that might be useful to test is what happens when some >> >> > > > very large processes, all mapped and executable exceed memory and >> >> > > >> >> > > Good idea. Too bad I may have to install some bloated desktop in order >> >> > > to test this out ;) I guess the pgmajfault+pswpin numbers can serve as >> >> > > negative scores in that case? >> >> > >> >> > I would just generate a large C program with a script and compile >> >> > and run that. The program can be very dumb (e.g. only run >> >> > a gigantic loop), it just needs to be large. >> >> > >> >> > Just don't compile it with optimization, that can be quite slow. >> >> > >> >> > And use multiple functions, otherwise gcc might exceed your memory. >> >> >> >> >> >> Hehe, an arbitrary C program may not be persuasive..but I do have some >> >> bloated binaries at hand :-) >> >> >> >> -rwsr-sr-x 1 root wfg 36M 2009-04-22 17:21 Xorg >> >> lrwxrwxrwx 1 wfg wfg 4 2009-04-22 17:21 X -> Xorg >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 wfg wfg 39M 2009-04-22 17:21 Xvfb >> >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 wfg wfg 35M 2009-04-22 17:21 Xnest >> > >> > I would like to create a lot of windows in gnome, and to switch >> > between them. Any ideas on scripting/automating the "switch window" >> > actions? >> >> You can easily do this in KDE 3.5 with dcop(Desktop Communications Protocol)\ >> >> e.g. >> >> $dcop kchmviewer-17502 KCHMMainWindow raise >> >> will raise the window of my kchmviewer. > > Thank you, it's a good tip :) > > The alternative I found is wmctrl: > > Description: control an EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager > Wmctrl is a command line tool to interact with an > EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager (examples include > Enlightenment, icewm, kwin, metacity, and sawfish). > . > Wmctrl provides command line access to almost all the features > defined in the EWMH specification. For example it can maximize > windows, make them sticky, set them to be always on top. It can > switch and resize desktops and perform many other useful > operations. Cool, thanks for the information. :) BTW, may be you should make sure that 90% of the overhead when doing crazy window switches is NOT caused by a dumb graphics driver (e.g. the widely hated ATI official driver!). hehe > > Thanks, > Fengguang > _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
