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Mac OS X crashes and killing the process

Posted by kojilab on 2009-10-30 13:32
OS: OS X Leopard

Hi

My Komodo on Mac crashes quite frequently, especially when I work off a WebDAV server.

When it does, i have to use force-quit or kill. Unfortunately Komodo doesn't quit entirely since the logo stays in the program bar. The only way to restart is is by restarting the computer.

Thanks for your help

Mac Crashes
jimsing59 | Sun, 2009-11-01 20:46

I thought that Macs never crashed.
Jim

re: crashes
toddw | Wed, 2009-11-04 12:12

If you have a stuck Komodo - you might want to try using the Mac OS X activity monitor to search and kill Komodo processes.

Komodo does a lot of file-stating and file checking activity which may be the underlying cause of this issue.

Does Komodo actually crash - or does it hang (stall)? Do you get a crash report dialog after the crash?

Thanks,
Todd

Sorry for being confusing.
kojilab | Wed, 2009-11-04 13:08

Sorry for being confusing. It does hang and not crash.

I did use the activity monitor to kill the process and even used kill pid in the command line but the icon remains in the "switch program" thingy and Komodo cannot be restarted without a restart or a log out.

re: hang
toddw | Wed, 2009-11-04 13:17

It's likely because Komodo's file stat is causing a uninterruptable OSX kernel call (the kernel will still try to process the stat operation) so Komodo's process does not fully die.

I believe the only good solution for this problem is to be able to tell Komodo to treat these WebDav files differently, see this bug for details:
http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79589

The only workaround I can suggest is to not use Komodo with the webdav files, or else to sync (copy/rsync) the webdav files to a local directory and use them from there.

Cheers,
Todd