[K12OSN] verynice won't control python

[Peter Hartmann]

Until then do you think I need verynice
> x86_64 to get this under control?

I tried it already. It didn't help.

:(

On 11/14/05, Peter Hartmann <ascensiontech at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Note that my childsplay RPM contains both childsplay and the
> > childsplay plugins. If you install from source, be sure to
> > install both.
>
> Thanks, I had forgotten that. But I already know that the problem
> persists when using source.
>
> > For what is worth, I'm working on full x86_64 builds of K12LTSP,
> > including ISOs.
>
> That's music to my ears!  Until then do you think I need verynice
> x86_64 to get this under control?   Would I mess up our system if I
> tried it?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
> On 11/13/05, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
> > On Sun, 13 Nov 2005, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for getting back to me.  Unfortunately, none of that worked.  I
> > > have a feeling this has to do with the convoluted way that I got this
> > > working.  When I install childsplay and pygame with yum everything
> > > looks good but it won't actually run. Running from the command line I
> > > get this:
> > >
> > > [admin at k12linux ~]$ /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pygame/base.so:
> > > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> > >
> > >  Childsplay depends on pygame.
> > >
> > >  You must first install the pygame package.
> > > Due to the fact that this package has some tricky
> > > dependencies, you better install the one that came with your distribution.
> > >
> > > Mind you it's there and base.so has no permissions problems. So, I
> > > installed pygame from source, picked up it's x86_64 deps and installed
> > > your RPM with -nodeps since it wouldn't see pygame in lib64.  Pygame
> > > is now in /usr/lib64/python2.3/site-packages/.  I tried installing
> > > childsplay from source but I only get two of the games.  One of which
> > > is the cpu offenders and it remains to be so.  I bet if I use your k12
> > > pygame and childsplay the cpu problem will go away.   Why is it that
> > > they aren't working together for me? Any help you could give would be
> > > great.  The kids freakin' LOVE this game.
> >
> >
> > I see that you are running it on a x86_64 box. I did my testing on a
> > i386 box.
> >
> > Note that my childsplay RPM contains both childsplay and the
> > childsplay plugins. If you install from source, be sure to
> > install both.
> >
> > For what is worth, I'm working on full x86_64 builds of K12LTSP,
> > including ISOs. I'm not sure when they will be ready, but it will
> > be at least a couple of weeks.
> >
> > -Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 11/13/05, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
> > >> On Sat, 12 Nov 2005, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I have bad situation involving Childsplay.  In particular, when the
> > >>> game top row, 5th from the left is played, the cpu usage for that
> > >>> users python process goes up to about 90%.  I added this to
> > >>> verynice.conf and restarted verynice:
> > >>>
> > >>> hungryexe "/usr/bin/childsplay"
> > >>> hungryexe "/usr/bin/python"
> > >>>
> > >>> It has no effect on python.  What's going on here, do you know?
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>> Peter
> > >>
> > >> I don't see the same problem on my server. But here are
> > >> a few things to try:
> > >>
> > >> 1) If you want childsplay to always run "nice", edit the
> > >> script /usr/bin/childsplay  and change it from:
> > >>
> > >>         python /usr/lib/childsplay/childsplay.py $* &
> > >>
> > >> to:
> > >>
> > >>     nice python /usr/lib/childsplay/childsplay.py $* &
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> 2) Try out the latest version of childsplay, which I'm
> > >> getting ready to add to the next minor release of K12LTSP:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>     ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/RPMS/childsplay-0.81.1-1.k12ltsp.4.4.2.noarch.rpm
> > >>
> > >> 3) It may make a difference if your verynice.conf has
> > >>     "python" rather than "/usr/bin/python", and you probably
> > >>     want it as a "badexe" rather than "hungryexe":
> > >>
> > >>         badexe "python"
> > >>
> > >> -Eric
> > >>
> >
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