hysky@kontu.utu.fi (10/11/90)
I'm having some *weird* problems with my OS/2 1.2EE. I'm currently using the Unix like shell posted to the news a while ago. When I start NMAKE on background (nmake &) it seems that it only works when I do something on foreground. I have tried to experiment with timeslice, maxwait, priority but nothing seems to help; nmake just waits for yesterday.... (That timeslicing system seems to suck anyway IMHO) All answers greatly appreciated, /Hysky@kontu.utu.fi
ballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard) (10/11/90)
In article <1990Oct11.122421.35597@kontu.utu.fi> hysky@kontu.utu.fi writes: >I'm currently using the Unix like shell posted to the news a while ago. >When I start NMAKE on background (nmake &) it seems that it only works >when I do something on foreground. Could it be that unix-like shell (which I haven't looked at) is actually dumb enough to sit in a polling loop waiting for you to enter something? That would explain the symptom, since the foreground task gets priority. (And the background would get a share of the CPU when the foreground does something else, such as any disk I/O). Just speculation... you could check it out by running one of the CPU monitor programs and see if it shows 100%. Alan Ballard | Internet: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca University Computing Services | Bitnet: USERAB1@UBCMTSG University of British Columbia | Phone: 604-228-3074 Vancouver B.C. Canada V6R 1W5 | Fax: 604-228-5116
rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Kai-Uwe Rommel) (10/17/90)
In article <1990Oct11.122421.35597@kontu.utu.fi> hysky@kontu.utu.fi writes: >I'm having some *weird* problems with my OS/2 1.2EE. >I'm currently using the Unix like shell posted to the news a while ago. >When I start NMAKE on background (nmake &) it seems that it only works >when I do something on foreground. >I have tried to experiment with timeslice, maxwait, priority but nothing >seems to help; nmake just waits for yesterday.... (I ported that shell to OS/2) I have already noticed that too if running the shell in a PM Window. If the shell is running fullscreen, everything works fine. At the moment I could only suggest running it fullscreen .. If anyone has an idea what PM does with it's child sessions he could send me a note .. Kai Uwe Rommel -- /* Kai Uwe Rommel * Munich * rommel@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de */