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diff --git a/Development/Documentation/ServerProfiling.mdwn b/Development/Documentation/ServerProfiling.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..88150518 --- /dev/null +++ b/Development/Documentation/ServerProfiling.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ + +If you're on a Linux system, sysprof is your best friend. First, make sure you've got the kernel development headers, and debugging information for the things you're trying to profile. On a Fedora system, that looks like: + + +[[!format txt """ +% sudo yum -y install kernel-devel +% sudo debuginfo-install -y xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-drv-savage +"""]] +Then, build sysprof: + + +[[!format txt """ +% git clone git://git.gnome.org/sysprof +% cd sysprof +% ./autogen.sh +% make +% sudo make install +% sudo sysprof & +"""]] +Click "Start", do some stuff, click "Profile", and revel in the glorious CPU time accounting. + +Note that sysprof is itself an X application, so you may want to run it forwarded to another display so it doesn't end up profiling its own animation. |