On 06/24/2010 05:21 PM, g wrote: > Jerry Feldman wrote: > <snip> > >> My plan over the next few days is to run 64-bit 3.1 from Rawhide with no >> extensions with ntpd and possibly some other daemons disabled. > this will help. there are several daemons that can hog system for brief > periods and as long as you make note of what you disable, you can restore > them one by one to see if that is a part of problem. especially if any > wait for a response before freeing cpu's. > >> Another possible cause is that it may be trying an IMAP sync to GMAIL. The >> two tests here is to (1) change the timing, and (2) do offline and only >> manually get mail. > instead of changing timing, just disable auto checking. then you know for > sure. offline will definitely be a way to narrow down problem. > >> After reading some of the posts on the T-Bird list, I'm leaning in this >> direction. > for sure. and note which are ms and which are linux. > >> If things go well, then we'll re-enable some of these. I will install the >> 32-bit 3.1 with no extensions and see if that is clean, then install >> enigmail and a few other extensions after testing for a while. > for now, 32 bit is only way to get enigmail. > >> The one common factor is that top shows Thunderbird using 100% CPU. > a problem with top is it does not show which cpu is being used by what, > and this can be a problem in troubleshooting. Agreed on all cases. Certainly Top is not a panacaeia, and there are some better profiling and debugging tools. This weekend I plan on installing the 32-bit version initially with no extensions after further checking. -- Jerry Feldman<gaf@xxxxxxx> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
