Re: Program run at startup hogs cpu?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 11/03/2025 à 12:17, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> Here's a peculiar problem...
> My launcher program Desktop-ish does something strange.
>
> I add it to my startup by placing a launcher in ~/.config/autostart/
> It looks like this...
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Type=Application
> Exec=/media/bonus/SSDiskspace/git/Desktop-ish/Desktop-ish.gambas -s
> Hidden=false
> Name=Desktop-ish
>
> X-MATE-Autostart-Enabled=true
> X-MATE-Autostart-Delay=3
> X-GNOME-Autostart-Enabled=true
> X-GNOME-Autostart-Delay=3
>
> For some reason the program hogs the cpu , my fans blow hard and the 
> program uses 98% cpu.
>
> If i close it then re-run it from the desktop icon it runs fine and does 
> not hog cpu.
> If i do not launch it at startup and just run it from the icon it is okay.
>
> But for some reason launching it from ~/.config/autostart/ makes 
> something go loop-de-loo.
>
> Anyone seen anything like this before?
> Know what might cause it,  know what to do?
> gmail.txt archive is 600k so I cannot attach.
> It's on git though...
> git clone https://gitlab.com/bsteers4/desktop-ish.git <https:// 
> gitlab.com/bsteers4/desktop-ish.git>
>
> Respects
> BruceS

Use 'gdb' to know where the infinite loop is:

$ sudo gdb gbr3 <process id of my program>
...
(gdb) bt
(gdb) p DEBUG_get_current_position()

And send the result of the two last gdb commands.

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.