On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 05:01:16PM -0400, Greg Steffensen wrote: > Hey, I'm developing an app in for windows using python and PyGTK, and it > sometimes locks up, and the locks up the entire windows xp interfrace. I'm > pretty certain that the main bug is in my code, not GTK, but I'm trying to > figure out what could cause the entire xp interface to lock up. Specifically > the app freezes, and then you can click around xp for a bit, but it quickly > freezes too (for some reason, trying to access the find entry on the start menu > always makes it freeze instantly). What does this signify? Is an error in the > gtk main loop supposed to be able to cause this, or this a bug in gtk/pygtk in > addition to my own bugs? how about ctrl+alt+del. is that unresponsive? overloading the system can make it seem like the interface is frozen. look for: enormous memory leaks, recursive functions that never return, a spinning loop that doesn't terminate, or worse: a spinning loop that forks new processes, etc.. Bring up the system monitor (before your bug starts the system freeze) and use it to watch for a change in system resources. - Ben _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
