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Date:      12 May 2003 15:44:14 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        "Mezz bsdforums.org" <reigncracks@hotmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: gnome-pty-helper uses very high CPU..
Message-ID:  <1052768654.308.65.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <Sea2-F20UEpFhu4XIMj0000389b@hotmail.com>
References:  <Sea2-F20UEpFhu4XIMj0000389b@hotmail.com>

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On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 15:07, Mezz bsdforums.org wrote:
> When, I run gnome-terminal then open few new tabs and I am seeing the=20
> gnome-pty-helper starts to get crazy and uses a lot of CPU..
>=20
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> 9709 mezz     120    0  9480K  6204K RUN      0:30 70.28% 60.79%=20
> gnome-pty-helper
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>=20
> I saw that very often when I am trying to debug Metacity and AbiWord2 run=
=20
> under the gdb. I tried to use gdb on it like gdb gnome-pty-helper <pid>..=
 I=20
> don't know if it's useful..

I'm seeing the same thing.  However, you're looking at the wrong
pty-helper binary.  The one for vte is in /usr/X11R6/libexec.  Anyway,
this is another threading issue, and should be fixed now.

Joe

>=20
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> # gdb gnome-pty-helper 9709
> [..copyright stuff..]
>=20
> Attaching to program: /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-pty-helper, process 9709
> 0x283f4023 in ?? ()
> (gdb) bt
> #0  0x283f4023 in ?? ()
> #1  0x08049ddb in __do_global_ctors_aux ()
> #2  0x08049315 in open_ptys (utmp=3D-1077936960, wtmp=3D0, lastlog=3D-107=
7936943)
>     at gnome-pty-helper.c:554
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>=20
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>=20
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