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eXodusSquared
Member
Ever since Linkinus v2.0, it randomly hangs at least once every minute, it hangs for anywhere from 5 to 30+ seconds. This make it impossible to do anything during the freeze. I have submitted a bug report, and it is coming to a point where I can use this client anymore. I am so fed up with it.
During the freeze it uses up any free processing power it can get its hands on. The processing hanging is Linkinus Agent. This happens on a PPC mac and an Intel mac.
It seems to get worse everyday.
cheef
Member
Must admit, I've had hanging too. Probably once a day it'll hang for 30-40 second or so.
ohkine
Member
I get hangs too, but not as long as 30 seconds (usually more like 3 to 5). It happens most when i'm typing several lines in a row. Pretty serious issue. :/
Okeanos
Moderator
How large is the scrollback eXodusSquared? Linkinus Preferences -> General.
eXodusSquared
Member
Okeanos, its set at 500.
Okeanos
Moderator
Could you try lowering this setting and see whether it helps?
eXodusSquared
Member
I will try that and post my results.
ohkine
Member
FYI, mine is set at 200 and i still get those periodic lock-ups.
eXodusSquared
Member
I changed my setting to 200 and it is still freezing.
Okeanos
Moderator
When it does, could you take a sample using the activity monitor and submit it using "Help -> Report a Bug", please?
eXodusSquared
Member
Okeanos, I already have. Even before I created this thread.
Mine hangs with the beach ball practically every time I focus the app. It's pretty ridiculous. :(
scowl
Member
Linkinus freezes up completely everytime I join or part a channel, or whenever I receive a new private message.
prometh
Member
Freezes very often for me. At first I had the scrollback set to 5000, but I've since put it at 200. It still freezes.
Also, the log viewer hangs EVERY TIME I click a channel in the list.
I shouldn't have bought this. Shoulda stuck with 1.0 or just used http://www.mibbit.com
Most freezes we have identified so far were caused by third party input managers that Apple deprecated a long time ago. They can't be used anymore with Snow Leopard though, so chances are your hangs will be gone there.
If they're not caused by IMs, then please use the "report a bug" feature and attach a sample of the process when hanging so we can track it down!
prometh
Member
Still freezes for about 45 seconds every few minutes. I'm running Snow Leopard with v2.0.2
prometh
Member
Fuck it. Give me a refund! I'm going back to Linkinus 1.0
Okeanos
Moderator
Prometh, please use the proper channels i.e. the support page for that.
ohkine
Member
I can kind of understand prometh's frustration. This is still happening to me with 2.0.2+10.6.1, just as i'd described before (both here and in a bug report), when i type several lines in a row. I will say that it seems to be happening much less frequently — to the point where i can't immediately reproduce it on command — but it definitely still happens all the time.
Also, i have no Input Manager or SIMBL hacks installed (and never have).
Linkinus won't let me use the 'report a bug' feature (it just says 'we're very sorry for the inconvenience' and then does nothing), but here's what i was going to submit with it:
.As requested in this thread — http://conceitedsoftware.com/forums/topic/linkinus-hangfreeze — here is a sample i took of Linkinus as it was locking up. In order to reproduce this, i opened a query tab with a friend and rapidly sent him gibberish messages like the following:
23:12:33 <ohkine> aldksfj askdjf sakljdf kasdfj aslkd fkasjd fksadj fkas df askdfjasd
23:12:35 <ohkine> fasdf klajsdfkl aslkdf jkasdj fjasdfjkls;df js;djfsdf
23:12:38 <ohkine> kasdjfl;jas;dfj kasdf
23:12:47 <ohkine> askdjf alskdjf asdf;asj fsafjsadf asldfj asdjf ajsdfjl;asdjfljsdkfjsadfOn that last line, about mid-way through, Linkinus locked up for maybe 5 or 6 seconds, and i very quickly switched back to Activity Monitor to take the following sample:
Sampling process 9319 for 1 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Linkinus (pid 9319) every 1 millisecond
Call graph:
927 Thread_559579 DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread (serial)
927 0x2436
927 0x5147f
927 NSApplicationMain
927 -[NSApplication run]
927 -[NSApplication sendEvent:]
927 -[NSWindow sendEvent:]
927 0xc0aa
927 -[NSTextView keyDown:]
927 -[NSView interpretKeyEvents:]
927 -[NSTextInputContext handleEvent:]
927 -[NSKeyBindingManager(NSKeyBindingManager_MultiClients) interpretEventAsCommand:forClient:]
927 -[NSTextView doCommandBySelector:]
927 -[NSTextField textView:doCommandBySelector:]
927 0x3b2d
927 0x361d
927 _CF_forwarding_prep_0
927 ___forwarding___
927 -[NSDistantObject forwardInvocation:]
927 -[NSConnection sendInvocation:internal:]
927 CFRunLoopRunInMode
927 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
926 __CFRunLoopRun
926 mach_msg
926 mach_msg_trap
1 __spin_lock
927 Thread_559585 DispatchQueue_2: com.apple.libdispatch-manager (serial)
927 start_wqthread
927 _pthread_wqthread
927 _dispatch_worker_thread2
927 _dispatch_queue_invoke
927 _dispatch_mgr_invoke
927 kevent
927 Thread_559592
927 thread_start
927 _pthread_start
927 __NSThread__main__
927 -[NSThread main]
927 -[NLKQueue watcherThread:]
927 kevent
927 Thread_559593
927 thread_start
927 _pthread_start
927 __NSThread__main__
927 -[NSThread main]
927 -[NLKQueue watcherThread:]
926 kevent
1 -[NSAutoreleasePool init]
927 Thread_559602
927 thread_start
927 _pthread_start
927 __NSThread__main__
927 -[NSThread main]
927 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:]
927 CFRunLoopRunInMode
927 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
927 __CFRunLoopRun
927 mach_msg
927 mach_msg_trap
927 Thread_559604
927 thread_start
927 _pthread_start
927 __CFSocketManager
927 select$DARWIN_EXTSN
927 Thread_854672
927 start_wqthread
927 _pthread_wqthread
927 __workq_kernreturn
927 Thread_854676
927 start_wqthread
927 _pthread_wqthread
927 __workq_kernreturn
927 Thread_854679
927 start_wqthread
927 _pthread_wqthread
927 __workq_kernreturnTotal number in stack (recursive counted multiple, when >=5):
Sort by top of stack, same collapsed (when >= 5):
__workq_kernreturn 2781
kevent 2780
mach_msg_trap 1853
select$DARWIN_EXTSN 927
Sample analysis of process 9319 written to file /dev/stdout
ohkine
Member
I retract what i said before about this happening 'much less frequently'. It is actually about the same. sigh
Okeanos
Moderator
Could you give a little more information about your settings?
Scrollback, embedded media activated, style in use?
ohkine
Member
vdavidoff
Member
PLEASE fix this. I am going to have to stop using linkinus, which i really, really, really don't want to do, if this doesn't get fixed. This is driving me crazy. Info:
os x 10.6.1
linkinus 2.0.2/20624
logging enabled
history enabled
scrollback: 5000 lines
remain connected when linkinus quits
growl is disabled
display alerts in console
display alerts in current channel
bounce dock repeatedly on new privmsg
bounce dock on new highlight
no groups
transfers enabled (i don't use them)
whisper / default style
- show timestamps
- colorize nicknames
- insert breaks when losing focus
enable irc colors
sounds disabled
tooltips on
3 highlight words
only default scripts
only default plugins enabled
- allcmd
- simpleformat
- sysinfo
default flood protection
I really, really hope this helps you.
Andrew Davidoff
jaysire
Member
I can confirm I have the exact same problem (freezing for 5-30 seconds at random intervals) with 2.0.2 and Snow Leopard. Shame, because this program looks absolutely stunning and being one of the few programs I've actually paid for, I would very much like it to work...
Okeanos
Moderator
These random intervals don't occur together with TM backups?
vdavidoff
Member
I am not running time machine.
Andrew Davidoff
vdavidoff
Member
I don't know if this will help, but additionally:
* I am connected to a single IRC server all day, every day, with 6-8 channels open plus 2-6 private messages at any given time.
* I just noticed that switching away from Linkinus after having this hang, although I could interact with the app I switched to (Terminal), Linkinus didn't drop focus to the background for a few seconds. Slugglishly.
Andrew Davidoff
vdavidoff
Member
Oh, also, it looks like Linkinus doesn't come to the foreground until after the hang ends, when switching to the app. That is to say I tab-switch to the app, I get the beach ball and the menu bar shows Linkinus as the active app, but the only Linkinus window I have open doesn't gain focus until the hang stops.
Andrew Davidoff
Okeanos
Moderator
What style do you use?
ptoal
Member
Well, here's a "me too".
Linkinus 2.0.2, Snow Leopard 10.6.1
Every once in a while, I switch from another app to Linkinus, type something, and hit enter, and the Linkinus Agent goes nuts for about 5-20 seconds while the beachball of death spins happily.
I've set my scrollback to 500 (I think it may have been 1000 before, but I can't set it that high now, so maybe I imagined it). Also, I have "Enable Logs" checked.
I will post again with more details if this keeps happening.
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