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ux&lx

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Registered: 2008-11-23

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[SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

I am experiencing terrible performance in Gnome while trying to save some file and choosing the directory for the file. It happens in every application (downloading files in Firefox, saving files created in any app etc.). This was the case with every version of Gnome that I used so far, but it's unbearable with 2.24. The CPU load jums to 100% and the process of changing directories is painful.

Last edited by ux&lx (2009-02-04 09:12:44)

Ranguvar

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Registered: 2008-08-12

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

If this is definitely consistent with all file save dialogs (and also check if this behavior occurs anywhere else, as in not in save dialogs but other dialogs, etc.) then I'd file a bug. I'm not sure whether that'd be with GTK or with Gnome though. I think the former.

ux&lx

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Registered: 2008-11-23

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

It is consistent with all dialogs in which the filesystem is being browsed, except when nautilus is opened alone...

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

I had a problem of this sort in the past and the culprit was the icon theme (Gion, if I remember correctly).

ux&lx

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

Thank you fwojciec the problem was in icon theme (Elementary icons). As soon as I changed the icon theme, things went back to normal.

freakcode

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Registered: 2007-11-03

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

This is caused by icon themes that use the SVG format. The drawing routine for the icons in that dialogue is dumb and makes drawing various small icons in SVG a pain. So, convert icons to PNG instead (I already told the author of elementary icons to save as PNG for smaller sizes too).

Cotton

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From: Cornwall, UK

Registered: 2004-09-17

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

Which icon theme solved it for you?

I'm experiencing the same speed issue in XFCE, ie  30s to open the "Save as" dialogue from any app, although once opened, traversing subdirectories is near instantaneous.

I've tried several themes without any improvement.

ux&lx

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Registered: 2008-11-23

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Re: [SOLVED]Gnome "save as" menu very slow

The problem WAS only in one theme. Menus worked like a charm with any other theme, except Elementary if I remember correctly...