Re: [Pan-users] Re: Pan brings PC to a standstill

[walt]

David Shochat wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:31:56 -0400, Keith Richie wrote:
>
> > Try to compile from the unpatched source code. You shouldn't have to run
> > make install, but you can run the Pan binary from the compiled
> > directory.
> >
> > Gnome uses a file monitoring daemon for Nautilus (Fam, Gamin,
> > something). Try disabling that, and/or beagle if it's running.
>
> This is very interesting. I always run a version of pan which I compiled
> from unpatched source. But I was running GNOME when I ran configure
> (should I examine the configure log?) To follow up on your second idea, I
> did a
> ps -ef | awk '{print $8}'>  processes.gnome
> while running GNOME desktop, and then the same thing but redirecting to
> processes.xfce while running XFCE desktop. Then I differenced the two
> files and removed some things like applets which I really don't think
> could be responsible. Here's what is left (these are interesting
> processes which are only there when running the GNOME desktop):
> <  /usr/bin/dbus-launch
> <  /usr/bin/pulseaudio
> <  /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper
> <  /usr/bin/seahorse-agent
> <  /usr/lib/gnome-session/helpers/gnome-keyring-daemon-wrapper
> <  /usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon/gnome-settings-daemon
> <  /usr/lib/at-spi/at-spi-registryd
> <  /usr/lib/bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation-server
> <  /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-hal-volume-monitor
> <  /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-trash
> <  /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor
> <  /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-burn
> <  gnome-power-manager
> So, any ideas as to which of those might be responsible? Notice there is
> nothing in the list named fam, gamin, or beagle.

Well, two points.

First, fam/gamin is not needed for gnome if you have CONFIG_INOTIFY=y
in your kernel configuration. (It's in the 'File Systems' section of
the kernel config menu.)

Second, at-spi-registryd. Unless you know you need it (and if you do 
need it you already know it) use the Assistive Technologies Preferences 
applet to disable it.  Everything thing else there is also running on
my machine.  Oh, wait, I don't have gphoto2 because I don't have a
digital camera, so you might just try disabling whatever that is, but
it doesn't sound very guilty to me.