freeze in programming refers to a condition where in the concerned code or system becomes unresponsive.
Questions tagged [freeze]
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Why is my command prompt freezing on Windows 10?
I'm adding this question after spending an entire day wrestling with this incredibly frustrating feature of the Windows 10 command prompt which made me think there was something wrong with my console application code. I hope it will help…

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Git push hangs when pushing to Github?
Git push hangs everytime I try to push to github. I am using Cygwin and Windows 7. Git functions fine locally tracking branches, providing status, setting global user.name and user.email and allowing commits.
I'm still new and learning.
I enter git…

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Xcode stuck on Indexing
A project I've been working for 2 months stopped working for no reason because Xcode got stucked on "Indexing". I can't Build the project anymore. If I try to build, Xcode freezes and I have to force quit. This happens only with this project.
I…

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Program hangs in release mode but works fine in debug mode
The code below works as expected in debug mode, completing after 500 milliseconds, but hangs indefinitely in release mode:
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
bool isComplete = false;
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
int…

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The GNU screen is unresponsive, seems blocked
GNU Screen seems to freeze. Unable to enter user input.
I was using GNU screen and when I pressed the screen it became unresponsive. I can execute all the GNU screen commands, but can't enter user input. I don't want to kill this screen as I have…

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Why does "docker attach" hang?
I can run an ubuntu container successfully:
# docker run -it -d ubuntu
3aef6e642327ce7d19c7381eb145f3ad10291f1f2393af16a6327ee78d7c60bb
# docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS …

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Plot window not responding
I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. Each time, I'm using plot function, plot windows will shows and draws successfully, but after that it stops responding and must shut down it.
For example :
x = linspace(0,1,10)
y = x.^2
plot(x,y);
Strangely, when plot…

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Using async to sleep in a thread without freezing
So I a label here (""). When the button (button1) is clicked, the label text turns into "Test". After 2 seconds, the text is set back into "". I made this work with a timer (which has an interval of 2000):
private void button1_Click(object sender,…

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'Freezing' Arrays in Javascript?
Since the ECMA-262 specifications Javascript has gained the Object.freeze() method, which allows for objects, whose properties can not be changed, added or removed.
var obj = {'a':1, 'b:2'};
Object.freeze(obj);
Object.isFrozen(obj); // returns…

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Visual Studio freezes or hangs on startup
I have been using Visual Studio for a while and found that when I open visual studio and open the project all the files that were open last time remain open.
This causes my Visual Studio to freeze or crash on startup.
I am using a lot of plugins in…
user605334
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StandardOutput.ReadToEnd() hangs
I have a program that frequently uses an external program and reads its outputs.
It works pretty well using your usual process redirect output, but one specific argument for some reason hangs when I try to read it, no error message - no exception,…

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Is it possible to have multiple PyPlot windows? Or am I limited to subplots?
I'm not sure how to word my question more clearly. Basically, is PyPlot limited to one instance/window? Any hack or workaround I try either causes my program to freeze or for the second pyplot window to be queued until the first one is closed.

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Android Studio 1.2 beta version hangs on debugging
I’ve just upgraded Android Studio from version 1.0 to 1.2 beta and I can no longer perform any kind of debug operation. If I set a break point, Android Studio hangs and it can’t resolve the command:
Waiting until last debugger command…

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In what scenarios does freezing WPF objects benefit performance greatly?
Many types in WPF derive from Freezable. It provides immutability to mutable POCO objects and, apparently, allows for improved performance in certain situations.
Has anyone found that freezing objects within their WPF application has greatly…

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What to do when a py.test hangs silently?
While using py.test, I have some tests that run fine with SQLite but hang silently when I switch to Postgresql. How would I go about debugging something like that? Is there a "verbose" mode I can run my tests in, or set a breakpoint ? More…

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