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kr22

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Registered: 2008-01-19

Posts: 8

gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

I can open and work with gnome-appearances fine, however after closing the gui I find that gnome-appearances is still running and consuming around 100% of one CPU. So I have to kill it manually.

While running, gnome-appearances is consuming 100% of one CPU, which seems a bit odd but the fact that it doesn't close with the gui is my issue.

I get no error messages when running from the command line.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?

I'm using GNOME appearance 2.20.3

Thanks

ToastedToad

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From: Sequim, WA

Registered: 2006-03-08

Posts: 79

Re: gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

Had this same issue the other day. Not sure what fixed it. I just tried it and it's not lingering around after close anymore.

kr22

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Registered: 2008-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

I'm thinking it is an issue related to the gtk themes. I tried changing the window control theme in xfce earlier today and noticed the same spike in CPU usage (w/o the lingering after closing though).

Also, while I had gnome installed I was unable to change to a gnome style window control (e.g., mist, industrial, etc.) in xfce. After uninstalling gnome, I can now use those gtk themes in xfce.

Need to look into this some more.

edit:
It seems the spike in CPU usage while changing the window control theme in xfce occurs only when firefox is running. Which makes some sense, although I don't remember that ever being an issue before.

Last edited by kr22 (2008-01-27 01:57:02)

cybe-arch

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Registered: 2007-09-02

Posts: 53

Re: gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

Same issue (first post) here with latest packages.
Could be after installing a new theme. Works OK when i mv newly installed themes.

Newly changed themes:
Clearlooks
Crux
Mist
Nova
Simple

EDIT:
When I copy back the Clearlooks folder to /usr/share/themes it consumes 100% and will not close again.
So seems like the clearlooks theme is the sinner. Can anyone confirm this?

Last edited by cybe-arch (2008-04-08 15:10:17)

theringmaster

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From: Air Force

Registered: 2007-07-16

Posts: 581

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Re: gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

yeah firefox 2 doesn't like you changing themes while it's open. Close it and then change the theme. This is no longer an issue in firefox 3.

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floke

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Registered: 2007-09-04

Posts: 266

Re: gnome-appearances doesn't close, consumes 100% CPU

You need to delete the qt-gtk-engine package, I'm afraid.
This should solve the problem.