Re: Fedora 8: X/Nautilus eating CPU

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Hello Tod,


On Mon, 3 Dec 2007 19:35:46 -0800 "Tod Merley" <todbot88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2007 3:08 PM, wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello Tod,
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 19:21:19 -0800 "Tod Merley" <todbot88@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Dec 2, 2007 8:01 AM, wwp <subscript@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > Hello all,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > now that my Fedora 8 is fully set up, I notice periodical short
> > > > hangs of the Desktop, making its use quite uncomfortable. `top` tells me
> > > > that the X and Nautilus processes are eating up to 30% of CPU every
> > > > 15-20sec approximately (I can hear some disk activity as well).
> > > >
> > > > Sensors applets are configured to poll on a longer period basis so it's
> > > > probably not them. No cron activity has been set. Anyway, I was running
> > > > the same applets with my Fedora Core 5 and GNOME and never encountered
> > > > such behaviour before.
> > > >
> > > > For the record, nautilus-action is installed and there are few mounts
> > > > (USB disks) visible onto the Desktop. I've tried closing all apps (but
> > > > GNOME Desktop) and this still happens.
> > > >
> > > > Anybody has this too? Or any hint?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > wwp
> > > >
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> > > Hi wwp!
> > >
> > > If you have a file called "nautilus-debug-log.txt" it may contain a clue.
> >
> > No such file :). Nothing special in system logs either. Dunno if
> > Nautilus is culprit or not, but the GNOME Desktop is unusable here when
> > external USB disks are mounted, too painful. XFCE is not affected by
> > such illness. Or maybe I should try disabling some mount-related things
> > in GNOME or even Nautilus itself?
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
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> > wwp
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> 
> Hi wwp,
> 
> Probably not the browser.
> 
> Perhaps the USB and your video card are competing for resource space?
> "/sbin/lspci -vv" (the last two letters are v and v) and "dmesg >
> dmesg.txt" then abiword and then "tail dmesg" may find a clue.
> 
> The following link may be helpful:
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/usb-guide.xml
> 
> Good Hunting!

OK, got some tips about the issue. I've disabled nautilus using
gtweakui (unchecked "Use nautilus to draw desktop") and the problem
doesn't show anymore (re-enabled and it shows again).


Regards,

-- 
wwp


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