5 Mar
2018
5 Mar
'18
4:55 a.m.
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 00:03:08 -0800, Mark Abene wrote:
I've been using KLH10 with the tap patches for
years and years, and idling
has always worked fine. At some point over the recent couple of years,
idling stopped working for me on linux (I run ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS with
latest updates as of yesterday, on a 64-bit intel machine). My CPU is stuck
at 100% utilization, without even starting an emulated OS (I run TOPS-20).
In fact, as soon as I type "GO" in KLH10 and before doing anything else,
the CPU immediately shoots to 100%. Is anyone else seeing this? In older
versions of ubuntu/linux this didn't happen.
Probably your problem is twofold. Idling in KLH10 is based on the guest OS
accessing a specific virtual device, so you have to use a patched TOPS-20
monitor which actually accesses such device. Same goes for TOPS-10. Are you
sure you are (still) using the right monitor? Then, if it skyrockets up to
100% as soon as you start the emulator, the problem might be in the Linux
kernel too (in addition to the monitor problem). As a start, ensure that
you're actually using a patched monitor and that the special device is both
defined in the .ini file and actually loaded by the emulator :)
HTH,
G.