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 > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > > 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, > > -- > wwp > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > 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! Tod
