Re: Multi-threaded UI Freezes on GDK Call

[Tomas Carnecky <tom dbservice com>]

Michael McCann wrote:
> Michael R. Head wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 17:14 -0500, Michael R. Head wrote:
> >   
> > > I assume you meant
> > >
> > >     g_threads_init();
> > >     gdk_threads_init();
> > >     gtk_init();
> > >     
> > >     gdk_threads_enter();
> > >     gtk_main();
> > >     gdk_threads_leave();
> > >
> > > right?
> > >     
> Yes, that is correct. :)
> > Does your special function take time to do its job? If so, then that
> > would be why. For example:
> >
> > ...
> > while(1) {
> > gdk_threads_enter();
> > sleep(1)
> > gdk_threads_leave();
> > sleep(10)
> > };
> > ...
> >
> > you'd freeze your app for a second every 10 seconds.
> >
> >
> >   
>
> Ahh, ok. How else can I accomplish my goal, then? I need to give GTK the 

Which goal? Describe what your app is supposed to do.

> lock, as I'm calling GDK from another function not in the main GTK loop. 
> I tried leaving out gdk_threads_enter()/leave() in the CPU-intensive 
> function, but X gives me errors.

tom