LimeWire hangs my Ubunutu
Osama I. Dosary
oid at saudi.net.sa
Mon Aug 1 21:22:29 UTC 2005
Osama I. Dosary wrote:
> ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 2005-08-01 at 16:38 +0300, Osama I. Dosary wrote:
>>
>>
>>> java version "1.5.0_04"
>>> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_04-b05)
>>> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_04-b05, mixed mode, sharing)
>>>
>>> LimeWire version is 4.8.1 and got it from
>>> http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net (of the UbuntuGuide)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -Osama
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Okay. I don't have a good solution, but here's what I do to run
>> LimeWire: Download the "LimeWireOther.zip" file from their official
>> site <http://www.limewire.com>, extract it to a directory, and run the
>> "runLime.sh" script inside the "LimeWire" directory.
>>
>> unzip LimeWireOther.zip
>> cd LimeWire
>> sh runLime.sh &
>>
>> It did work for me without problems (though, I used it for testing and
>> didn't spend a lot of time with it. I would say I used it for about 15
>> minutes).
>>
>>
> I did as you said, and installed the newer version from the site
> (4.9), and I ran it. In less than 3 minutes, my machine became very
> slugish, and LimeWire was close to a freeze (and IO-wait from 'top'
> was above 90%)
>
> So there is something different between our machines that is causing
> this problem. But what is it?
I also tried running LimeWire with only 2 permitted uploads and no
downloads and it still becomes sluggish.
I'm starting to think it is a Java problems.
Is there some easy way to downgrade my running JRE to 1.4 instead of 1.5?
-Osama
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