see inline notes below
On Thu, 2012-11-08 at 19:21 -0800, Per wrote:
> then you are probably affected by bug #686810 [0].
>
>
> No, it does not appear to be associated with HTML emails.
>
> Otherwise, make sure you have -debug packages for
> Evolution, Gtk+ and glib
> installed and attach GDB to Evolution:
First start evolution
When evolution hangs, then
>
> gdb /usr/bin/evolution `pidof evolution`
>
> and get a full backtrace:
set logging file /tmp/evobacktrace.txt
set logging on
>
> thread apply all bt full
you will likely have to hit enter several times to
page through the full backtrace
attach the backtrace to a bugreport.
What you did below was not quite right; per above.
> Ok. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right. I ran the command as
> above (including the `pidof evolution` string; should there be
> an actual PID in there?). Once gdb is started I type run to
> start Evo. Evo after 30 min or so hangs with a number of jobs
> (including some Unknown ones; see attached screenshot). At the
> same time Evo was downloading emails (8 pop accounts). Evo
> then froze and was unresponsive to me pressing any of the
> cancel buttons. CPU utilization was 100%. Only way to shut
> down Evo was to kill it manually.
>
>
> After Evo was killed I typed in your last command, and got in
> return a blank line.
>
>
> Am I doing something wrong debugging Evo, or is this the
> expected behavior when the app is killed? Sorry if if this
> question is lame, but I have no idea what to expect with the
> process you outlined.
>
>
>
> Sorry for posting this again.
>
>
> The problem outlined above is recurring (mutliple times per day). It
> seems to start with a task called "Saving user interface", at which
> point Evo freezes. At least twice this happened in conjunction with a
> 'Retrieving Message xxxxx' message shown in the message pane (which
> never disppears). CPU goes to ~50%. Gradually, a whole bunch of
> 'Unknown' tasks are spawned; seems CPU usage then goes up eventually
> hitting 100%.
>
>
> I'd like to file a bug report, but due to my apparent inability to use
> the gdb tool properly am unable to do so.
>
>
> Can someone point out for me further directions for debugging this
> issue?
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