too many java processes
 

hello,

I run slackware-current.

whenever I run an app like azureus or limewire, they seem to go berserk and spawn like 30-40 java processes which end up bogging my system down to no end. Does anyone know the source of this problem? Some java configuration problem?

Thanks,
-Fibbi

I know that limewire is a hog itself due to this reason. I tend to stay away from anything that is java based unless I'm on a top end machine.

Use a system with glibc compiled with native posix threads library support. With a glibc like that each process will spawn lightweight threads (controlled by the process instead of the kernel) which lightens the load on the kernels thread scheduling.


Håkan

how exactly would I do/obtain this given the fact that java isn't open source and therefore I cannot compile the jre myself?

The JRE is dynamically linked against glibc - java couldn't run without it. glibc is open source.


Håkan