GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 138870
CPU spikes in 2.6-rc5 gentoo
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
Distribution: Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Package: gnome-terminal Severity: normal Version: GNOME2.6. 2.5.x Gnome-Distributor: Gentoo Linux Synopsis: CPU spikes in 2.6-rc5 gentoo Bugzilla-Product: gnome-terminal Bugzilla-Component: general Bugzilla-Version: 2.5.x Description: Description of Problem: CPU spikes at 100% when the gnome terminal has a 'transparent' background. When I switch to non-transparent, it function correctly. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Set Gnome terminal profile to use transparency. 2. Open gnome terminal Actual Results: CPU spikes and performance is almost unusable Expected Results: No performance problems. How often does this happen? Everytime. Additional Information: ------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2004-04-02 12:27 ------- Unknown platform unknown. Setting to default platform "Other". Unknown milestone "unknown" in product "gnome-terminal". Setting to default milestone for this product, '---' Setting to default status "UNCONFIRMED". Setting qa contact to the default for this product. This bug either had no qa contact or an invalid one.
What's your desktop background?
This problem (I've since found) occurs when there is no desktop background image set, it will only occur on the default background (or background with a plain colour).
/me thought so ;)
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 123903 ***