Re: [Scidvspc-users] High memory usage with Stockfish analysis

[Jerome M. <jmo...@gm...>]

Hello,

I get this version 4.18 on a Debian/Ubuntu (16.04) computer (8Gb of RAM),
if you give some advise to test i can do a test this night and make a
report (screencopy or log files + Tck version and so on....)

Regards

2017-08-23 11:22 GMT+02:00 Steve A <ste...@gm...>:

> This is the third bug report of this type i have received, and it is
> definitely  a bug in recent Tcl/Tk versions shipped with the distro.
>
> Sorry, but i am not familiar with with version numbers are affected,
> but maybe it is new since 8.6.7 ?... or just affecting some people since
> 8.6.6.
> To see which version you have, type
>   wish
>   info patchlevel
> Perhaps your distro has updated it's tk already, or otherwise, you will
> have to uninstall the system tcl & tk & tcl-dev & tk-dev and reinstall from
> source. Im guessing 8.6.5 should be safe.
>
> Alternatively, you can apply the patch  in ScidvsPC's source,
> "patches/gregors_tktext_inline.patch"
> and recompile ScidvsPC. Gregor has rewritten tk::text, and it will be
> included in wish 8.7 when released.
>
> cheers.
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Morten Skarstad <
> mor...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I recently setup a second PC with Debian on it. Since SCID vs PC was not
>> in the repository, I downloaded the source for 4.18 and compiled it.
>>
>> At first I noticed thatrunning automated analysis of games is consuming
>> insane amounts of memory. When it is running I see memory usage just going
>> up and up and up until the page file is full and the computer is barely
>> responding to anything at all. This is especially evident if I am analysing
>> a batch of games, and also seems to be worse if I am using the "Mark
>> tactical exercises" option.
>>
>> I have also found that simply starting an engine in a position and
>> increasing number of lines will eat memory.
>>
>> The memory consumption does not appear to be related to the engine. It is
>> used by the tkscid process. Closing the engine has no effect on memory
>> usage. I have also tested both Stockfish and Toga engines, and both exhibit
>> the same symptoms.
>>
>> Closing SCID vs PC immediately releases the used memory.
>>
>> Is this a bug? Or is there something I can do about it?
>>
>>
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