We cannnot use gdk.threads_enter() and gdk.threads_leave() blindly. You need to understand why / when these functions are used, otherwise the program will freeze. For example, you cannot use these functions when gtk main loop is running (like it does when we call gtk_dialog_run(), for example). There is decent documentation abt it at: http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/2.0/gdk/gdk-Threads.html good luck, Bharat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 seberino@spawar.navy.mil wrote: > We have a Python GTK+ program that uses threads. > If we DON'T run the GTK+ GUI > code then multitasking is fine and every thread gets a little CPU time. > > If we run a GTK+ GUI in the main parent process/thread then program > freezes. > > The PyGTK commands called gtk.threads.thread_enter() and > gtk.gdk.threads_leave() are used to avoid conflicts caused by > two threads writing to GUI at the same time. The disallow/allow > other threads to write to GUI as needed. > > It would seem that the problem are with these two commands but > we cannot seem to find the problem. As you know, threads > are not the easiest things to debug. > > We are wondering if Python threads are unstable. > Are they?? > > Any ideas at all how to begin to solve this? > > Chris > > -- > _______________________________________ > > Christian Seberino, Ph.D. > SPAWAR Systems Center San Diego > Code 2872 > 49258 Mills Street, Room 158 > San Diego, CA 92152-5385 > U.S.A. > > Phone: (619) 553-9973 > Fax : (619) 553-6521 > Email: seberino@spawar.navy.mil > _______________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > > gtk-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list >
