[slime-devel] SBCL, multiple (zombie?) processes problems

[rif]

> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, rif wrote:
> 
> > I'm getting more and more confused.  I have two debian machines, both
> > running 2.6 kernels, both running the same version of SLIME, the same
> > version of sbcl, using the exact same .emacs.  On one machine, sbcl
> > only ever starts one process when started on slime, on the other it
> > starts four.  Any ideas what else to check?
> 
> Are they using the same .swank.lisp?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   -- Nikodemus              Schemer: "Buddha is small, clean, and serious."
>                    Lispnik: "Buddha is big, has hairy armpits, and laughs."

Well, on the working machine there was a .swank.lisp explicitly
setting the communication style to :fd-handler, which I believe is the
default; both machines were using :fd-handler.  Switching the "bad
machine" to :sigio eliminated the problem, but this still leaves the
question of why it didn't work with :fd-handler on that machine when
it did on another machine with the same slime and SBCL and an
identical .emacs.  At this point, I have something working, so it's
not crucial, but it's still troubling.

Cheers,

rif