Re: [hatari-devel] Re: immortal hatari

[Eero Tamminen <oak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 10/29/2016 10:11 PM, Douglas Little wrote:
> Ok a bit more on this bizarre issue....
>
> I tried a range of random things, including reinstalling most of the Ubuntu
> desktop & compiz related components. Didn't help.
>
> So I grabbed Hatari 2.0 from mercurial and built that. Didn't help - same
> problem.
>
> I also noticed that a similar issue is easily reproduced by toggling the
> sound on/off in the SDL Hatari menu. The window hangs as soon as you return
> to the main menu.
>
> That seemed a bit suspicious...
>
> This Ubuntu install is running as a VM under VirtualBox - which definitely
> has its moments. So I toggled the sound 'hardware' off, and turned 2D
> acceleration on in VirtualBox, and restarted the VM.
>
> Problem went away...

Hm.  SDL handles sound in a separate thread.  But threads go
away at the same time as the main program...

	- Eero

> *Shrug* !
>
> D
>
>
> On 29 October 2016 at 18:06, Douglas Little <doug694@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Btw. Main advantage (or disadvantage?) of the Python UI is that its
> > > GUI (settings for Hatari etc) can be used while Hatari is running,
> > > it doesn't pause Hatari.  It also has GUI for setting Hatari trace
> > > options.
> > >
> > > You can run the Python UI with "hatariui" command.
> >
> >
> >
> > Will give it a try thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > > When this occurs (either by using the QUIT button, or hitting the red
> > > > window X), the 'hatari' process is terminated and no longer in the
> > > > process
> > > > list.
> > >
> > > If the process owning the window has gone away, it cannot be
> > > the source of this problem.  The problem is with your desktop,
> > > or X server, and probably happens also with some other SDL programs.
> >
> > I might try some other programs but trying not to bloat out the VM too
> > much before I export it.
> >
> >
> > > The window however retains the last image shown (usually the TOS
> > > > desktop or SDL UI) and can be dragged around and minimised as if its
> > > > still
> > > > alive. It can't however be closed.
> > >
> > > Which desktop environment you're using?   Sounds like its
> > > compositor is broken.
> >
> >
> > Ubuntu 16.10 + unity desktop.
> >
> > D.