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Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Why is Gnome so slow?!

Hi, so I made a fresh install of Arch with the Gnome desktop. Really quick at first, but after a few days and restarts, Gnome is much slower now than it was before.. Opening small apps like terminal/liferea takes about 4-6 seconds (fresh install was 1-1,5)! A few apps installed (firefox3, pidgin, vlc etc), but just the basics. Compiz-Fusion and AWN starts on logging, but they barely take any mem or CPU.. I installed "preload" as I heard it would improve startup speed for commonly used apps. It's a bit disappointing as KDEmod is way faster and yet uses many larger apps (like Amarok (KDE) and Audacious (Gnome) uses about the same time to start).

Apps opens quite fast when they have been loaded once or twice though (1,5s or less).

Cimi

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From: Padova, Italy

Registered: 2006-01-16

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

add your hostname to /etc/hosts

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Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 69

Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

Thanks, I did that, but didn't help much. Firefox, Terminal and Liferea etc is still slower to start than they were a few days ago (I feel it's gradually getting slower over time)..

Here's my hosts file:

#
# /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names
#

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname> 
127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain    myhost

# End of file

I tried to add "localhost" before myhost as well, but didn't notice any difference then either. Hostname is set to myhost in rc.conf (and in terminalname).

Last edited by Ub1476 (2008-03-12 23:41:14)

brebs

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Registered: 2007-04-03

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

Create a new user, and log into gnome as that user. That will tell you whether it's a problem with the system files, or $HOME.

Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

A little improvement with a new user, but I barely notice it..

Sjoden

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From: WA

Registered: 2007-08-16

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

for your hosts file, try

#<ip-address>    <hostname.domain.org>    <hostname>
127.0.0.1             myhost                             myhost
127.0.0.1             localhost.localdomain         localhost

# End of file

Thats what I have, and I've never had any problems with speed. Where myhost is what you have defined in rc.conf as your hostname.

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biloky

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Registered: 2008-03-02

Posts: 61

Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

Hello,

Happened to me too, first Gnome was fast, then it gradually slows down after a few days and reboots.  Turned out that the Assistive Technology was enabled (can't remember I enabled this).  Disabling it and other related features (keyboard accessibility, visual AT session, etc) solved it.

Hope this helps

Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

Thank you, it's slightly faster now. Terminal uses 2-3s, Liferea still uses 4-5s though. Is this normal for it?

biloky

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Registered: 2008-03-02

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

Terminal takes 2-3s to start, while Liferea, 11-12s.
Am using an old Athlon XP 1.8Ghz with 360MB ram (+24MB shared video memory)

Last edited by biloky (2008-03-13 14:38:32)

Ub1476

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Registered: 2008-01-21

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

I wonder if it's installed applications, unused dependencies, or something? I really want Gnome to be as fast as KDEmod.:cool:

praka123

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From: Kerala,India

Registered: 2008-03-04

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Re: Why is Gnome so slow?!

^I am wondering whether u guys found out the culprit is it /etc/hosts file contents?