CPU monitor gone vanished :(

ProphetOfDoom · Post by **ProphetOfDoom** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:50 pm

I was using PB 4.20 today and when I clicked on CPU Monitor nothing happened except the words CPU Monitor appeared on the taskbar (but the window didn't appear when I clicked it). I reinstalled PB, no change, so I downloaded PB 4.30 and installed it. Now the CPU Monitor isn't even listed in the Debugger menu. It's just gone.

Anyone got any idea what's wrong? Suggestions?

netmaestro · Post by **netmaestro** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:54 pm

The CPU monitor has been removed. Reason given was that all OS's that PB runs on have their own monitors that are perfectly good so dev time is better spent elsewhere.

ProphetOfDoom · Post by **ProphetOfDoom** » Fri May 29, 2009 8:57 pm

Thanks for the quick reply.

It seems odd that the CPU monitor stopped working in an *old* version of PB tho as I'm fairly sure yesterday it did work.

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:12 am

It probably appeared off screen. You could fix that in PureBasic.prefs.

PB · Post by PB » Sat May 30, 2009 10:28 am

But why removed? It's not like they need to add to it with every version?
It's a standalone finished tool, wasn't it? Sometimes I don't get it.

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:01 am

I think it had some problems with multi-core processors.

ProphetOfDoom · Post by **ProphetOfDoom** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:23 pm

Thanks Trond I wasn't aware of the preferences file.

I'm all for bringing back the CPU monitor. It's saved me from some very nasty memory leaks in the past.

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:52 pm

If you minimize the Windows task manager it will provide a nice little cpu monitor in your notification area. If you're on Linux, Gnome has one for their desktop panels. I don't know about KDE/Mac.

ProphetOfDoom · Post by **ProphetOfDoom** » Sun May 31, 2009 1:11 am

Ooh thanks didn't know that! I use Windows and Ubuntu but I'm not really a 'power user' as you may have guessed...

PB · Post by PB » Sun May 31, 2009 2:03 am

> If you minimize the Windows task manager [...]

Unfortunately the Task Manager is often disabled when you're not an admin.
Hence the reason why the CPU monitor should stay in the PureBasic IDE.