kstars livelocks

[Andrew Farris]

Paul Dickson wrote:
> I BZ'd this a while ago, but the problem continues.  This message is in
> the hope of flushing out more data.
> 
> Usually when I start kstars, the program livelocks before the words of
> the tips dialog are rendered.  Sometimes, it runs long enough to dismiss
> the tips dialog and invoke another dialog (set time) and then it locks
> up after dismissing that.  On the only other type of run, after missing
> the tips dialog, the sky ran for about 30 seconds before locking up.
> 
> By livelock, I mean the program uses 100% CPU time with no program.  I
> terminate program by using the window manager's X, and then selecting
> Force Quit.

strace and/or oprofile should both provide some useful information here, helping 
to find out what code is spinning the cpu while it sits 'locked up'.

Also, please post the bz # (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439543) 
when you drop an email like this one, really helps people find it quicker.

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