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bzr.exe has 20+ processes or >1GB memory.

Asked by Robert Peters

I am using Bzr 1.11 on WinXP 32 Home, 2GB of system ram, via the bzr-eclipse plugin v 1.1.0

One of three things seems to happen:

1. bzr.exe has 20+ processes as viewed through Windows Task Manager or...
2. one bzr.exe process uses over 1 GB in memory. If I 'End Process', it immediately restarts and begins to collect memory until the 1GB mark or...
3. I get MS Visual C++ error windows popping up every 5-10 minutes saying bzr aborted abnormally.

Any idea why this may be? It's slowing my computer down. In general, things seem to be working, it's just a bit frustrating to spend 10-15 seconds waiting for applications to redraw when alt-tabbing on a 3ghz C2D with 2 gigs of ram!

Kind regards,
Robert

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#1

I have uninstalled bzr and reinstalled it, and things seem to be working normally now.

When I originally installed Bazaar, I installed from the Python packages, and when I experienced some difficulty, I installed the main Windows installer. Don't do that.

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#2

Hmmm...I spoke too soon. I fired up Eclipse again and currently have 39 bzr.exe processes running.

Has any one heard of this? Any suggestions?

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) said : 		#3

Have a look at your .bzr.log file, it should at least mention which commands are run for those 39 process.

Issuing bzr version will tell you where that file resides.

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Best Wouter van Heyst (larstiq) said : 		#4

I'm assuming Eclipse spawns those processes, as Vincent said, the .bzr.log file should have clues as to what it is doing. From there we should be able to figure out why they're not cleaning up.

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#5

I found the bzr log completely overwhelming. Having Eclipse up for 10 minutes resulted in a .log file of thousands and thousands of lines.

I apologize for wasting your time, as I've gone back to SVN and will update my Launchpad branches from there. I may try Bazaar again later, but have lost too much time to it already.

Kind regards,
Robert

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) said : 		#6

I'm really sorry about that :-(

Can I ask you to file a bug and attach your bzr.log file to it ?

There is little we can do without as least an hint of what is going wrong...

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Wouter van Heyst (larstiq) said : 		#7

I'm sorry to hear that Robert. I second Vincent's request for your .bzr.log so we can try diagnosing and improving this.

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#8

Thank you for your concern. I unfortunately no longer have the bzr.log file, due to a Windows re-install.

However, I have since learned that I cannot use Launchpad reliably with anything other than Bazaar, so I have once again installed it, and seem to be having better luck this time. I saw a bug on the Bzr-Eclipse plug in site suggesting the text file decorators were causing the issue. I have deactivated them, and so far seem to be doing okay.

So it seems it may be an Eclipse plug-in issue instead. I will make mention of my issues in their bug tracker.

Thank you for your help.

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Vincent Ladeuil (vila) said : 		#9

You're welcome, I suggest we close that question now and that you file bugs against bzr-eclipse if the problem comes back.

That should provides a better tracking for you and for the plugin author.

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#10

Thanks Wouter van Heyst, that solved my question.

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Robert Peters (robertpeters) said : 		#11

I have posted to the relevant bugs in the Eclipse Plug-in site. Thanks again.

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