[PD] windows xp , pd .35 test 24 , cpu overload .

[Miller Puckette]

I can make a guess: it could be that the select() call is returning instantly
instead of sleeping as it should.  This is what happens for -nogui on W2K,
and perhaps it happens all the time on XP.

Maybe I have to go install XP on a machine somewhere...  yuck!
Miller

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 02:48:22PM -0400, joge . wrote:
> 
> is there any reason that you can think of that would make pd eat up alot of
> cpu on windows xp professional [or home]  then on windows 2000 ?
> 
> joge .
> 
> 
> > Yes, if you run -nogui, put a "netreceive" somewhere in your patch or else
> > the scheduler gets sick.  Why, you might ask, but it's too ugly to talk
> > about
> >
> > cheers
> > Miller
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:35:05AM +0200, Ivan Franco wrote:
> > > I usually run pd with XP. It seems to run fine altough I also had
> > > this problem with the -nogui flag. I posted a thread a while ago
> > > concerning this. Seems like -nogui option makes Pd behave differently...
> > > Ivan
> > >
> > > joge . wrote:
> > >
> > > >hello all ,
> > > >
> > > >i recently upgraded my win2k sony vaio z505ls laptop to windows xp ..
> this
> > > >is the machine that i usually run pd off of .  however after doing a
> clean
> > > >install of windows xp , when ever i run pd my cpu gets loaded .  if
> there is
> > > >nothing running in the pd window then i can still open up a patch ...
> > > >however once i load patches that i had on the this machine before , the
> > > >computer comes to a crawl .  i installed the sony drivers before ever
> trying
> > > >to run pd with windows xp installed so i dont know if this is the cause
> of
> > > >the problem .  is any one else running windows xp and pd ?  if so are
> you
> > > >having any issues with the combination ?
> > > >
> > > >i even tried minimizing the pd window to see if it was some graphical
> > > >component that was eating up the cpu but that didnt help at all .  i
> also
> > > >tried the -nogui option but it gives me the "audio I/O stuck ...
> closing
> > > >audio" message  and the system again comes to a crawl .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >thanks again
> > > >
> > > >joge .
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > ----------------------------------------------------
> > > Ivan Almeida Soares Franco
> > > ivan.franco at ydreams.com
> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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