Thanks for tracking this down and for the sample code.
I can reproduce the problem with your examples and confirm the disabling
appmenu with UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 works around the problem.
I'm affecting to the right package.
** Package changed: unity (Ubuntu Natty) => indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu
Natty)
** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu Natty)
Importance: Medium => High
** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu Natty)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu Natty)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.04
** Package changed: pgadmin3 (Ubuntu Natty) => wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu
Natty)
** Changed in: wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu Natty)
Importance: Medium => High
** Changed in: wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu Natty)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: wxwidgets2.8 (Ubuntu Natty)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-11.04
** Package changed: indicator-appmenu (Ubuntu Natty) => appmenu-gtk
(Ubuntu Natty)
** Summary changed:
- CPU usage due to X becomes very high when pgadmin3 runs
+ High CPU usage of wxWidget apps caused by dbusmenu
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: pgadmin3
- Since a recent update (package non identified) when pgadmin3 is launched
- the desktop becomes really slow and X starts consuming a lot of CPU. The
- UI of pgadmin3 is like flickering very fast.
+ When wxWidget application is launched (e.g pgadmin3) the desktop becomes
+ really slow and X starts consuming a lot of CPU. The UI of pgadmin3 is
+ like flickering very fast.
Everything returns to normal when pgadmin3 is closed.
- history.log attached with the latest updates since this behaviour began.
+ There are minimal python and cpp examples attached to this report in
+ minimal.tar.gz
TEST CASE:
1. Start a Unity session
2. Launch pgadmin3
3. Connect to a server
4. Launch the Query Tool
Result:
The desktop becomes very slow, X consuming most of the CPU and the UI of
pgadmin3 is like flickering very fast.
+
+ WORKAROUND:
+ disable dbusmenu with:
+ $ UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= pgadmin3
+
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pgadmin3 1.12.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-4.31-generic 2.6.38-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-4-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 21 00:14:53 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pgadmin3
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: pgadmin3
When wxWidget application is launched (e.g pgadmin3) the desktop becomes
really slow and X starts consuming a lot of CPU. The UI of pgadmin3 is
like flickering very fast.
Everything returns to normal when pgadmin3 is closed.
There are minimal python and cpp examples attached to this report in
minimal.tar.gz
+
+ This was introduced by the fix for bug 662077
TEST CASE:
1. Start a Unity session
2. Launch pgadmin3
3. Connect to a server
4. Launch the Query Tool
Result:
The desktop becomes very slow, X consuming most of the CPU and the UI of
pgadmin3 is like flickering very fast.
WORKAROUND:
disable dbusmenu with:
$ UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= pgadmin3
-
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: pgadmin3 1.12.2-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-4.31-generic 2.6.38-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-4-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Feb 21 00:14:53 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pgadmin3
** Changed in: unity
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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