On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 04:45:50PM -0500, Michael McCann wrote: > I've got a multithreaded GTK application. One thread runs gtk_main(): > > gtk_threads_enter(); > gtk_main(); > gtk_threads_leave(); > > > The other thread is an infinite loop that sleeps for one second on each > loop. Every x seconds, the infinite loop calls a function, which makes > some GDK calls. At the beginning of this function, gdk_threads_enter() > is called; at the end, gdk_flush() and gdk_threads_leave() is called. > > Whenever this function is called, the UI freezes and CPU usage jumps to > 100% for about one second (no other applications freeze, of course). > I've tried calling gdk_threads_leave()/enter() before and after each GDK > call to no avail. I run g_thread_init() and gdk_threads_init() at the > beginning of my program. > > In the function, gdk_screen_get_default(), gdk_screen_get_root_window(), > gdk_pixbuf_get_from_drawable(), and gdk_pixbuf_save_to_bufferv() are > called. > > I'm using NetBSD on a P4 1.2GHz. What am I doing wrong? I've asked this > question on IRC (irc.gnome.org, #gtk+) but noone seems to know the problem.
The wrong thing is trying to do threads! Why Why Why are all people doing this thread programing! I am convinced that with a propper design of your application, maybe in several processe, you don't need threads and your problem will go away... > _______________________________________________ > gtk-app-devel-list mailing list > gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list -- Göran Hasse ---------------------------------------------------------------- Göran Hasse email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 08-6949270 Raditex AB http://www.raditex.se Planiavägen 15, 1tr Mob: 070-5530148 131 34 NACKA, SWEDEN OrgNr: 556240-0589 VAT: SE556240058901 ------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gtk-app-devel-list mailing list gtk-app-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-app-devel-list
