Hi!

I am using limewire 4.8.1 on debian linux.

Yes, I installed it after the debian-repository-limewire told me there are security issues. I converted the .rpm package with alien into a .deb package (like 'alien LimeWireWhateverTheNameWas.rpm', result was limewire-free-blahblah.deb, installed with dpkg -i limewire-free-blah.deb).

My problem:

Limewire freezes up after some hours of operation.

It runs great at first, but then starts to slow down the computer, and finally becomes unresponsive and the GUI is no long drawn (even if the KDE window manager still draws the window borders etc).

How can I debug/correct this problem?

Hi,

thanks for reporting the problem. In the thread below there are instructions how to get something known as "stack dump". If you could get us one it will help us debug the issue.

http://gnutellaforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=34757

Hello again, and best wishes from Helsinki!

Limewire has crashed several times but I finally got a read-out.

As LimeWire loses it, it takes 99,9% of the system resources with. Result is, for instance, that on my particular system I cannot start a browser, not from the root prompt. GUI becomes sluggish and unresponsive (KDE 3.3.2 on Debian stable with kernel 2.4.21).

As someone with experience with java developement, I'm not surprised with slightly sluggish behaviour, though. LimeWire seems to open up dozens of threads every time it turns (easily over 20 processes called 'java' running the minute you start it).

This is the only program that has potential, this hogging behaviour. My hardware is fast

* a bit over 2 GHZ processor frequency and
* ½ gig mem
* sata drives (work well)
* cable with 'unlimited bandwidth', connections abroad average 400 kb/s, locally (network wise) data moves much faster

ok enough bs, here is the output from the command

ps ax|grep Limewire > lwdebug.txt

3154 ? S 0:02 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3155 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3156 ? S 0:04 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3157 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3158 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3159 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3160 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3161 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3162 ? S 0:01 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3163 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3164 ? S 0:01 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3166 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3167 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3168 ? S 0:07 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3177 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3182 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3188 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3190 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3191 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3192 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3193 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3194 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3200 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3201 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3203 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3214 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3269 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3290 ? D 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3304 ? D 0:03 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3316 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3328 ? S 0:10 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3343 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3349 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3355 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3477 ? S 0:03 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3568 ? S 0:01 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3585 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3597 ? S 0:02 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
3696 ? D 0:09 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4055 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4079 ? S 0:01 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4080 ? S 0:01 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4086 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4100 ? S 0:03 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4426 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4772 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
4945 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
5287 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
5637 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
5684 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
5745 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
5978 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
6120 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
6539 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7027 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7252 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7311 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7325 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7384 ? S 0:00 java -Dorg.apache.commons.logging.Log=org.apache.commons .logging.impl.NoOpLog -Djava.library.path=. -jar LimeWire.jar
7386 pts/5 R 0:00 grep LimeWire

The high number of processes is because of Debian's outdated glibc which does not support NPTL (native posix threading library).

I recommend making sure that the glibc version you have is compatible with the minimum requirements for the java runtime environment.

Ok, what version would that be? Just the newest one? I can easily apt-get any version you recommend.