I rebooted to make sure caches were cleared. # /usr/bin/time du dancer-2011-03-01 panic-2011-03-01 panic-2012-01-01 dancer-2010-12-01 panic-2011-02-01 panic-2010-11-29 panic-2012-02-01 > du.out 9.32user 32.55system 7:52.79elapsed 8%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 1577136maxresident)k
So it takes 8 minutes to read 7 of the same 8 directories (I typoed one of them and don't know what it was) with du, and less than a second to load them with xdiskusage with "xdiskusage du.out". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-utils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/986597 Title: Way too slow scanning drive Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ran overnight, 9 hours, looks like it has scanned 7 of my backup directories and is working on the 8th. There are 44. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: baobab 3.2.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Apr 21 11:20:10 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-utils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-03-10 (42 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-utils/+bug/986597/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
