[Aspell-user] Re: aspell as regular user vs root user?

[Dan Bolser]

Sorry for the lack of details in my previous post...

All of this is collected as the regular user (for which "aspell -c <file>" fails
(hangs with high cpu usage))


aspell -v
@(#) International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Aspell 0.50.3)


locate libaspell
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15
/usr/lib/libaspell.so.15.0.2


rpm -qa | grep aspell
aspell-en-0.51-7.1
aspell-0.50.3-19.1
aspell-devel-0.50.3-19.1


aspell dump dicts
en
en_CA
en_CA-w-accents
en_GB
en_GB-w-accents
en_US
en_US-w-accents


uname -a
Linux bleah.cmbg.cable.ntl.com 2.6.9-1.11_FC2 #1 Sun Jan 2 15:49:30 EST 2005 
i686
athlon i386 GNU/Linux


more /etc/redhat-release
Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)


aspell config
# conf descrip: main configuration file
# conf default: aspell.conf
# conf current: aspell.conf


# conf-dir descrip: location of main configuration file
# conf-dir default: /etc
# conf-dir current: /etc


# data-dir descrip: location of language data files
# data-dir default: <prefix:share/aspell>
# data-dir current: /usr/share/aspell


# dict-dir descrip: location of the main word list
# dict-dir default: <prefix:lib/aspell>
# dict-dir current: /usr/lib/aspell


# encoding descrip: encoding to expect data to be in
# encoding default: iso8859-1
# encoding current: iso8859-1


# add|rem-filter descrip: add or removes a filter
# filter default: url


# mode descrip: filter mode = none,url,email,sgml,tex
# mode default: url
# mode current: url


# add|rem-extra-dicts descrip: extra dictionaries to use
# extra-dicts default:


# home-dir descrip: location for personal files
# home-dir default: <$HOME|./>
# home-dir current: /home/dmb


# ignore descrip: ignore words <= n chars
# ignore default: 1
# ignore current: 1


# ignore-accents descrip: ignore accents when checking words
# ignore-accents default: false
# ignore-accents current: false


# ignore-case descrip: ignore case when checking words
# ignore-case default: false
# ignore-case current: false


# ignore-repl descrip: ignore commands to store replacement pairs
# ignore-repl default: false
# ignore-repl current: false


# jargon descrip: extra information for the word list
# jargon default:
# jargon current:


# keyboard descrip: keyboard definition to use for typo analysis
# keyboard default: standard
# keyboard current: standard


# lang descrip: language code
# lang default: <language-tag>
# lang current: en_GB


# language-tag descrip: deprecated, use lang instead
# language-tag default: !lang
# language-tag current: en_GB


# local-data-dir descrip: location of local language data files
# local-data-dir default: <actual-dict-dir>
# local-data-dir current: /usr/lib/aspell/


# master descrip: base name of the main dictionary to use
# master default:
# master current:


# module descrip:
# module default: default
# module current: default


# add|rem-module-search-order descrip:
# module-search-order default:


# per-conf descrip: personal configuration file
# per-conf default: .aspell.conf
# per-conf current: .aspell.conf


# personal descrip: personal word list file name
# personal default: .aspell.<actual-lang>.pws
# personal current: .aspell.en.pws


# prefix descrip: prefix directory
# prefix default: /usr
# prefix current: /usr


# repl descrip: replacements list file name
# repl default: .aspell.<actual-lang>.prepl
# repl current: .aspell.en.prepl


# run-together descrip: consider run-together words legal
# run-together default: false
# run-together current: false


# run-together-limit descrip: maxium numbers that can be strung together
# run-together-limit default: 8
# run-together-limit current: 8


# run-together-min descrip: minimal length of interior words
# run-together-min default: 3
# run-together-min current: 3


# save-repl descrip: save replacement pairs on save all
# save-repl default: true
# save-repl current: true


# set-prefix descrip: set the prefix based on executable location
# set-prefix default: true
# set-prefix current: true


# size descrip: size of the word list
# size default: +60
# size current: +60


# spelling descrip: no longer used
# spelling default:
# spelling current:


# strip-accents descrip: strip accents from word lists
# strip-accents default: false
# strip-accents current: false


# sug-mode descrip: suggestion mode
# sug-mode default: normal
# sug-mode current: normal


# add|rem-word-list-path descrip: Search path for word list information files
# word-list-path default: <prefix:share/aspell>


# backup descrip: create a backup file by appending ".bak"
# backup default: true
# backup current: true


# reverse descrip: reverse the order of the suggest list
# reverse default: false
# reverse current: false


# time descrip: time load time and suggest time in pipe mode
# time default: false
# time current: false


# keymapping descrip: keymapping for check mode, one of aspell ispell
# keymapping default: aspell
# keymapping current: aspell


# add|rem-email-quote descrip: email quote characters
# email-quote default: >,|


# email-margin descrip: num chars that can appear before the quote char
# email-margin default: 10
# email-margin current: 10


# add|rem-tex-command descrip: TeX commands
# tex-command default: addtocounter pp,addtolength pp,alpha p,arabic p,fnsymbol
p,roman p,stepcounter p,setcounter pp,usecounter p,value p,newcounter
po,refstepcounter p,label p,pageref p,ref p,newcommand poOP,renewcommand
poOP,newenvironment poOPP,renewenvironment poOPP,newtheorem poPo,newfont
pp,documentclass op,usepackage op,begin po,end p,setlength pp,addtolength
pp,settowidth pp,settodepth pp,settoheight pp,enlargethispage p,hyphenation
p,pagenumbering p,pagestyle p,addvspace p,framebox ooP,hspace p,vspace p,makebox
ooP,parbox ooopP,raisebox pooP,rule opp,sbox pO,savebox pooP,usebox p,include
p,includeonly p,input p,addcontentsline ppP,addtocontents pP,fontencoding
p,fontfamily p,fontseries p,fontshape p,fontsize pp,usefont pppp,documentstyle
op,cite p,nocite p,psfig p,selectlanguage p,includegraphics op,bibitem 
op,geometry
p,


# tex-check-comments descrip: check TeX comments
# tex-check-comments default: false
# tex-check-comments current: false


# add|rem-tex-extension descrip: TeX file extensions
# tex-extension default: tex


# add|rem-sgml-check descrip: sgml attributes to always check.
# sgml-check default: alt


# add|rem-sgml-extension descrip: sgml file extensions
# sgml-extension default: html,htm,php,sgml


Hope that helps,
Dan

++ Dan Bolser--
> For some reason when I run "aspell -c <file>" as a regular user it hangs 
> (100% cpu
> usage) after I change the first word the 'file'
>
> cat file | aspell -l
> cat file | aspell -a
>
> work fine (with the same file).
>
> Finally I tried running the same -c job as the root user and it worked fine. 
> I am
> not sure what the problem is / why it should hang with high cpu usage when in
> regular user mode.
>
> Please help!
>
> Dan.
>