| IDL 7.0 workbench "feature" [message #58372] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 11:30  |
elwood
Messages: 23
Registered: February 2007
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I'm running windows xp and the idl workbench on a laptop.
Its the Dell Inspiron M630 w/ 2.13 GHz processor
1.99 GB RAM
I have noticed a memory problem.
when I open the workbench,
do some idl stuff
close the workbench
Then i try to do some other windows exercise (play a video clip in
mediaplayer,
or open a windows doc for example)
Anything I try to do next is unbelievably slow.
IDL has not released the memory it was using, even though the
workbench is CLOSED.
I find the only way I can get it back is to reboot my laptop.
Anyone else noticed this "feature" and heard of any workarounds?
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| Re: IDL 7.0 workbench "feature" [message #58521 is a reply to message #58372] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 12:04  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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elwood writes:
> I'm running windows xp and the idl workbench on a laptop.
> Its the Dell Inspiron M630 w/ 2.13 GHz processor
> 1.99 GB RAM
>
> I have noticed a memory problem.
>
> when I open the workbench,
> do some idl stuff
> close the workbench
>
> Then i try to do some other windows exercise (play a video clip in
> mediaplayer,
> or open a windows doc for example)
> Anything I try to do next is unbelievably slow.
>
> IDL has not released the memory it was using, even though the
> workbench is CLOSED.
> I find the only way I can get it back is to reboot my laptop.
>
>
> Anyone else noticed this "feature" and heard of any workarounds?
I work on a similar machine. A Dell Latitude D630 with 4GB of RAM.
(Bought explicitly to run IDL 7.) I have never noticed this problem.
I got the Windows Task Manager open and I look at the two
IDL processes that I have running. (In the Task Manager,
select the Processes tab and then sort on the "Mem Usage"
field. You will find the two IDL processes you care about
at the top, unfortunately. idlde at about 92MB and idlopserver.exe
at about 15MB. These two processes should die if you exit your
IDL workbench. They do for me. :-)
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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