Linux application crashes

[Tim Jones]

Glen,

I sincerely doubt that this is related to the version of Linux you are using.  This sounds like a potential memory leak in your graphing functionality.  Are you using native LiveCode or someone's plugin / stack?

Tim

On Apr 12, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Glen Bojsza wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have discovered a potential problem with my Livecode app running on
> CentOS 6.2
> 
> Basic summary is that the application queries databases and generates
> graphs. The application does snapshots of these graphs and allows the user
> to position them  or re-order them.
> 
> After stress testing the app (which is due to be released this week) we
> discover that after generating a volume of snapshots of the graphs (low
> 100s) that the application crashes hard ... ie just shuts down.
> 
> Even if, before generating more snapshots, you delete all existing
> snapshots the application shuts down... deleting doesn't seem to do
> anything in helping the application to continue to run??
> 
> Are there any suggestions that can be tried to solve this?
> 
> From above it is easy for anyone to reproduce if they have a Linux system
> (we are locked to CentOS).
> 
> regards,
> 
> Glen