monitor ThreadSocketHandler and terminate and restart if hung, convert _beginthread to CreateThread wrapper, disconnect inactive connections, ping, break up long messages to speed up initial download, better priorities for initiating connections, track how many nodes have requested our blocks and transactions, status #/offline and warning message on unsent blocks, minimize on close as separate option -- linux-test5

git-svn-id: https://bitcoin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bitcoin/trunk@38 1a98c847-1fd6-4fd8-948a-caf3550aa51b

db.cpp

@@ -505,6 +505,13 @@ bool CWalletDB::LoadWallet(vector<unsigned char>& vchDefaultKeyRet)
 {
     vchDefaultKeyRet.clear();
 
+    // Modify defaults
+#ifndef __WXMSW__
+    // Reports that tray icon can disappear on gnome, leaving no way to access the program
+    fMinimizeToTray = false;
+    fMinimizeOnClose = false;
+#endif
+
     //// todo: shouldn't we catch exceptions and try to recover and continue?
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapKeys)
     CRITICAL_BLOCK(cs_mapWallet)
@@ -638,7 +645,7 @@ bool LoadWallet(bool& fFirstRunRet)
         CWalletDB().WriteDefaultKey(keyUser.GetPubKey());
     }
 
-    _beginthread(ThreadFlushWalletDB, 0, NULL);
+    CreateThread(ThreadFlushWalletDB, NULL);
     return true;
 }