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 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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! 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