From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp1.commspeed.net ([216.19.2.40]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I2P42-00012y-00 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:11:26 -0400 Received: (qmail 56284 invoked by uid 1034); 24 Jun 2007 10:10:55 -0000 Received: from mmds-216-19-30-69.mm.az.commspeed.net (HELO YOUR3ADE1B78A3) (216.19.30.69) by smtp1.commspeed.net with SMTP; 24 Jun 2007 10:10:55 -0000 Message-ID: <000a01c7b647$edc2d350$6401a8c0@YOUR3ADE1B78A3> From: "Keith Hinton" To: Subject: Assistance with a dual-core machine. Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:10:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.9 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:11:26 -0000 Hello all on the ilst, At this time, (although) I am sure that CVS SpeechD-up/Dispatcher sounds = great, I do not wish to test it..and would rather run stable releases of = the code. At this present time, there are complex threading problems with the = stable programs with an SMP system. I run Gentoo half of the time on my dual-core AMD Athlon 3800+, X2 = processor system. Now, this may be a better question to ask Hynek in particular. But I thought I'd ask on this list, you all may be able to assist, sinse = I'll be using Speakup, of course in the console. If I turn off SMP (a workaround) I have created and of wich I am upset = about doing, although it does work at the loss of my second valuable and = useful core, I noticed speech-dispatcher/SpeechD-up/etc will run on = "CPU0." Now, if I let the system boot into standard SMP, SpeechD-up and = Dispatcher are probably launching randomly on both cores at random, and = not sticking with one. Spisifically, I would like to keep using SMP and keep the power of this = dual-core box the way it was ment to be. To do this though I require help, and this is where I really need a = person (with an SMP system) spisifically to reply, please. Could anyone with the abuv computer systems (you need a dual-core or = multi-core box) before replying though.. but could someone try to assist = me on forcing the dispatcher/SpeechD-up processes on boot time and when = launched by the Gentoo init.d system, to use only CPU0 and never run = threads on both cores therefore allowing me to run with SMP and probably = not having these problems until new public releases are made available? Thank ou! And please, (don't tell me to play with nice levels. That is totally not = the point of this post or problem, please.) I won't do it anywyas eaven = if you suggest that. Doing nice-levels will never get rid of the = threading issues. Regards, --Keith.