Also, maybe the following bugs can shed some light on the performance issues:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=314328 (vte) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311855 (vte) http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163840 (gnome-terminal) Paul On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 13:06 -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote: > I see that "horsepower" is certainly not an issue. You also state that > this is a "new" problem on your system. > > What to do??? > > Maybe retreating to gnome-terminal-2.11.3 might shed some light on the > source of the problem. If "we" are lucky enough to have the problem "go > away", that would give the gnome-terminal folks a good place to start. > > I did a quick goggle-search and found that excessive CPU usage by > gnome-terminal is a recurring problem. > > > -Joseph > > ========================================================================== > > > > On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 11:38 -0400, John Affleck wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 10:10:21AM -0400, Joseph E. Sacco, PhD wrote: > > > Hmm.... > > > > > > (1) What are the characteristics of your hardware platform? > > > > Dual 1.7Ghz Xeon, 2G ram, Matrox G400, Adaptec AIC-7899 Ultra 160 w/ > > 18G-ish local storage. > > > > > (2) Which "theme" are you using? > > > > Clearlooks. > > > > > (3) What was the performance like with earlier versions of GNOME? > > > > Never seen any problems. gnome-terminal was always up there in terms > > of utilization, but certainly not as bad as it is now. > > > > > I see that gnome-terminal is a single-process that controls all of > > > the terminal windows that are open. I also see a CPU usage "spike", > > > albeit short in duration [on my system], when a new window/tab is > > > opened. > > > > This may have been an isolated incident, possibly related to something > > bad that screen was doing. Things seem to be behaving more sanely > > now.. > > > > Ah well, that's what happens when I panic before having my coffee.. > > > > Thanks, > > > > John A. > -- > joseph_sacco [at] comcast [dot] net > -- garnome-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/garnome-list
