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00183: Change run_graphics to run in standalone mode

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Summary: Change run_graphics to run in standalone mode

Created: 2009–09–09 07:58

Status: Released

Category: Request

From: frankie

Version: 2.0

Released_In: 2.1

Description:

Right now, we have the run_graphics script running with the comm in a server mode. This is may times unnecessary because people are running standalone. Also, to run standalone, it requires a "-mode standalone" added to the command line when people are not connected to the network and want to run without comm.

Since we already have scripts to start a manager (which is a comm server) and a client, I propose we change run_graphics to default to standalone mode. Then, if someone wants to run networked, they just need to run a manager and a client, or tack on "-mode server" to the end of the run_graphics script.

Comments

frankie September 09, 2009, at 08:04 AM: I agree… with myself. I made the change. This may mean a slight change to startup scripts to get people to run a separate manager, but people really should be running separate rather than embedded comm servers. The embedded comm will process packets more slowly, and keeps you from restarting graphics while a sim is running. To enforce the new behavior, I think I am going to rename the script to run_standalone.

frankie September 09, 2009, at 08:12 AM: I also made a link called run_graphics for backwards compatibility. If people want to revert to the old behavior, just run "./run_graphics -mode server"

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Associated Commits

| commit | 1f95e7abd9dfd39722094aac8fd050dca4f61c3b link 5 | || | Author: | Frank Graffagnino | | Date: | Wed Sep 9 08:08:08 2009 -0500 | | Message: | [@Issue 00183: Renamed run_graphics to run_standalone Also made a link for run_graphics for backwards compatibility @] |

Affected Files:

run_graphics   | 14 &plusmn;------------
 run_standalone | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

| commit | 8dc129ccca733d2d82543ce44120aa6bdcb7ea1a link 6 | || | Author: | Frank Graffagnino | | Date: | Wed Sep 9 08:01:50 2009 -0500 | | Message: | [@Issue 00183: Change run_graphics to default to standalone This changes the arguments in the run_graphics script to default to standalone mode. We really want to get people used to running a separate manager when running with dcomm and not an embedded one. @] |

Affected Files:

run_graphics | 2 &plusmn;
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)