[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: Eclipse on Linux grabs X and pegs machin

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

answered in platform newsgroup. Please don't cross post.

Tom

geib schrieb:
> I do java development on Linux with Eclipse. Over a period of more than 
> a year I have a problem occur where at random times X becomes 
> non-responsive to input or mouse and consumes all the processor, pegs 
> the machine. To fix this I have to restart X, and of course all of my 
> windows... The keyboard and mouse do not work, I have to ssh in from 
> another machine to kill X.
>
> Originally I suspected other Linux apps so I stopped using Firefox, and 
> it happened, then Evolution, and it happened again. So I switched Linux 
> distros from Fedora to Ubuntu, it happened again. The one thing common 
> to all my testing and experimenting is my continued use of Eclipse.
>
> The problem has occurred with Eclipse 3.2, 3.3, and just today with 3.4M6.
>
> I find no errors in any logs that I can find. I have run eclipse from 
> terminal window but I lose that when I have to kill X.
>
> Has ANYONE seen this.??
>
> My group is starting to move toward Eclipse for java development in a 
> big way and I have had at least two other developers experience this 
> problem. One uses gnome on RedHat Enterprise 9, the other KDE on Fedora 
> Core 6.
>
> I will do anyting I can to help to diagnose the problem please let me know.
>
> I am cross posting to the platform group as well.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Mark.


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Tom Schindl                                          JFace-Committer
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