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Bug 101858 - performance problem when using home dir as desktop
performance problem when using home dir as desktop
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 105105
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2002-12-23 16:04 UTC by Egon
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.0


Description Egon 2002-12-23 16:04:51 UTC 
I have found this bug both in the version shipped with RH8 and the 2.1.3.
If I set nautilus to use my home dir as the desktop I can't drag the
windows smoothly anymore. Setting nautils back to the standard desktop
doesn't fix the problem: I must logout, remove the gconf directories under
my home and start gnome again.
Comment 1 Mark Finlay 2003-02-03 21:52:15 UTC 
Possible dupe of bug 105105. Do you have much data in your home
dir that might be slowing down?
Comment 2 Egon 2003-02-04 16:55:56 UTC 
Yes, probably the bug is the same: it doesn't appear if I keep less
items on the desktop.
Comment 3 Mark Finlay 2003-02-04 20:36:50 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 105105 ***
Comment 4 Egon 2003-02-10 17:41:03 UTC 
I discovered that my problem isn't really related the to the number of
items on the desktop, but on the background settings. If I choose a
solid color, there is no performance issue at all, even with lots of
folders. If I choose an image or even only a gradient everythings
slows down. Even 2.2 has the same problem.
Comment 5 Mark Finlay 2003-02-10 19:01:10 UTC 
So are you saying that using $HOME had nothing to do with it?
If not, and setting $HOME as desktop has a compound effect
on using a big background that might still be a bug.
Comment 6 Egon 2003-02-10 20:03:50 UTC 
I'm saying that either if I set home as desktop or not, and I have a
wallpaper or a gradient background, the things slow down. With 2.0.x
(RedHat 8) having less items on the desktop fixed the thing, but with
the 2.2 version (Garnome) this doesn't work anymore, so I suppose it's
background's fault. Infact the problem does not occur with a solid
color background. By the way, I have 12 folders and 5 launchers on the
desktop, 13000 items and 5 Gb in the home dir. I also found that
removing the gconf directories is a too drastic solution: setting
nautilus not to draw the desktop and then settig it back to default is
sufficent on 2.0; on 2.2 I only need to switch the background to a
flat color.
Comment 7 Mark Finlay 2003-02-10 20:10:13 UTC 
ah, Ok. Well I'll leave it resloved unless you want to re-open.
I'm not sure if it a bug.

Any chance you are using the latest NVIDIA drivers?
Comment 8 Egon 2003-02-10 20:13:43 UTC 
I am using them. I guess it's NVIDIA's fault then ...
Comment 9 Egon 2003-02-10 20:48:18 UTC 
NVIDIA drivers fault confirmed: switching back to version 3123 fix
everything