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5ulo

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2012-05-04

Posts: 100

[Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

Hi, my CPU is all the time on 100% usage by process gnome-contact-search-provider until I kill that process. In few minutes the process is back there and again 100% CPU usage.. my CPU fan goes crazy.
When I run gnome-contacts the app immediately freezes without no error. No contacts visible. And the app was in the past full of contacts.
Any idea what can be wrong?
Thanks for any advice

GNOME Shell 3.12.2
3.16.1-1-ARCH

Last edited by 5ulo (2015-09-09 11:36:50)

ChuckDaniels

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Registered: 2014-03-31

Posts: 31

Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

The same stuff here! It happens to me in different PCs I've installed ArchLinux/Gnome Shell.

Gnome Shell - 3.14.3
Linux - 3.19.2-1-ARCH

Last edited by ChuckDaniels (2015-03-30 15:44:53)

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ChuckDaniels

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Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

I've found these reports:
Gnome: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745356
Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … ug/1079315
RedHat: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919889

It seems that working with a lot of Gmail contacts causes problems to gnome-contacts.

Edit: I suspect that not only that after disabling Gmail contacts sync.

Last edited by ChuckDaniels (2015-03-30 16:03:29)

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ChuckDaniels

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Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

Well, I deactivated (in Gnome online accounts) Contacts inside Google Account and activated Chat and now I can see all my Gmail contacts in empathy, contacts, etc. It is absolutely a dirty workaround but it works, gnome-contacts-search-provider issue is gone.

Edit: I only can see contacts added to my G+ account, so it is not a solution at all if you want to keep your Gmail contacts available.

Last edited by ChuckDaniels (2015-04-16 12:14:43)

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5ulo

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2012-05-04

Posts: 100

Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

Thanks ChuckDaniels, I've removed Google from online accounts a while ago. I can live without that.. for now.

ChuckDaniels

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Registered: 2014-03-31

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Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

I hope they fix it soon, but I am not sure who should take the responsibility of this bug. It appears in all my ArchLinux machines with Gnome Shell as DE.

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ChuckDaniels

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Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

Seems solved now.

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5ulo

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From: Slovakia

Registered: 2012-05-04

Posts: 100

Re: [Solved] Gnome contacts (-search provider) - high CPU usage

Thanks, I'll check that and mark thread as solved