Suspending UI Process

> I did see the Suspend UI in the Screenshot tool.
>
> Is there another place in the Seaside UI for suspending the Squeak UI
> process?
> It seems that it would be nice to have the option somewhere less heavy
> than the Screenshot tool.
> It seems that it would be nice to have a means of starting up with UI
> suspended.
> Maybe a preference?
>
> I am not exactly sure how that would work in a running saved image,
> stopping and starting images.
> Hmm?
>
> Any way. Thanks for any information, ideas.
>
> Jimmie
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> 2007/10/16, Jimmie Houchin <[hidden email]>:
> > Hello,
> >
> > While researching the cpu usage, polling issue. I saw a thread on
> > suspending the UI Process which Avi also mentioned that he does.
> >
> > Is there anyway for an image when starting up in headless mode be
> > started up with UI suspended?
> >
> > Are there other ways for the UI process polling to stop?
>
> Yes, you can pass a .st script file to the vm that will be executed on
> the start of the image. Seaside Hosting does this and as far as I
> remember it's not really small.
>

> On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 21:05 +0200, Philippe Marschall wrote:
>> 2007/10/16, Jimmie Houchin <[hidden email]>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> While researching the cpu usage, polling issue. I saw a thread on
>>> suspending the UI Process which Avi also mentioned that he does.
>>>
>>> Is there anyway for an image when starting up in headless mode be
>>> started up with UI suspended?
>>>
>>> Are there other ways for the UI process polling to stop?
>> Yes, you can pass a .st script file to the vm that will be executed on
>> the start of the image. Seaside Hosting does this and as far as I
>> remember it's not really small.
>>
> I do the following:
>
> [
>    (Delay forSeconds: 10) wait.
>    Project uiProcess suspend.
> ] fork.
> SmalltalkImage current snapshot: true andQuit: true
>
> While writing this I must confess that I'm not 100% sure if this works.
> I assume the forked block gets also suspend and continues after starting
> the saved image which would lead to the suspend action.

> >>>>> "Norbert" == Norbert Hartl <[hidden email]> writes:
>
> >> Yes, you can pass a .st script file to the vm that will be executed on
> >> the start of the image. Seaside Hosting does this and as far as I
> >> remember it's not really small.
> >>
> Norbert> I do the following:
>
> Norbert> [
> Norbert>    (Delay forSeconds: 10) wait.
> Norbert>    Project uiProcess suspend.
> Norbert> ] fork.
> Norbert> SmalltalkImage current snapshot: true andQuit: true
>
> I haven't tried this, but what about registering a startUp request,
> and when it starts up, determining whether you're headless or normal
> (maybe by host name), and having it execute this Project uiProcess
> call?
>
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