[PD] pd-gui stops updating after a while in visually busy patches

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

I think that this is a known bug that was fixed in Pd-vanilla 0.42.  A  
backport might be a possibility.  Try 0.42 and see if it fixes your  
problem.

.hc

On Mar 28, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> This pertains to pd-extended 0.40.3. It appears that when a patch  
> has a very busy GUI (as is the case with wiimote help file), after a  
> while the GUI stops being responsive. The objects can be still moved  
> and even atoms can be written into, but when one presses "return" to  
> update atom value or when an atom or a slider needs to change due to  
> automated update (e.g. via metro) nothing happens until pd is  
> restarted. The sound engine and control mechanisms running through  
> these still work and are responsive, it is just that gui remains  
> totally frozen. Not sure if this only pertains to the wiimote object  
> or other busy patches as well.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ico
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