>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Armbrust <daniel.armbrust.list@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Dan> I'm trying to use Wine to run a program called heavy weather - its
Dan> a windows only program that interfaces with a weather station that
Dan> I have through a serial port.
Dan> I was able to get the program up and running with wine. Then, I
Dan> couldn't get it to connect at all to the weather station.
Dan> After much too long, I finally realized that the problem was that
Dan> my permissions on /dev/ttyS0 were too restrictive - I change them,
Dan> and now the program connects up, and pulls in data.
Dan> The next problem, however, is that as soon as I start the program,
Dan> the system load starts to skyrocket. 5, 6, 7... and climbing.
Dan> Soon, the mouse starts to become jerky, and its hard to change
Dan> windows. Within about 2 minutes, the mouse doesn't work at all,
Dan> and remote terminals stop responding. The system load is up in the
Dan> 40s.
Dan> As soon as I unplug the serial cable, everything goes back to
Dan> normal.
Dan> Here is some information that is being kicked out to the command
Dan> line:
Are you using a recent wine version? There was a leak in my patches, causing
a flood of processes.
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