May be: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344196
Sankar On Mon, 2006-06-26 at 14:04 +0000, Robert Burcham wrote: > I have been an evolution user for over 4 years, and > only recently (past month or so) have encountered this > problem with 2.6.1: > > For reasons unknown, regularly and out of the blue, > evo functions will "freeze" up and the evo process > will consume all cpu. This seizure lasts for a minute > or so, and then clears. Any events (clicks, typing, > etc) sent to evo during this time are all executed > immediately upon clearing. Evo can be doing anything, > or nothing, and it will seize up in this fashion. The > seizures come every couple minutes. > > When this happens, all other system functions and > applications will respond and behave. It's just evo > that freezes up. If I move another window to the > foreground and then try to raise evo, the evo window > will not repaint until the seizure is over. > > I googled this. A lot. I have run across similar > sounding complaints from users of past versions, years > ago. One complaint seemed to suggest a root cause > involving a missing entry from /etc/hosts. I assure > you this is not the case with me. > > I found another fellow who had the EXACT same problem, > and he posted its description and his solution (!) on > his blog. He indicated that a setting in mail > Preferences that sync'd his contacts regularly was the > culprit. Unchecking it fixed it for him. I looked - > I do not and never have had that setting checked. > > I also ran across a thread where attempts to > troubleshoot a similar sounding problem involved > attaching gdb and collecting thread back traces. This > thread died in the archives with no description of a > resolution. > > I'd be happy to provide thread bts if someone thinks > they will help. > > I am using gentoo, using a 2.6.17 kernel. I have a > single exchange account configured. > > Incidentals: > > # emerge --info > Portage 2.1.1_pre1-r1 (default-linux/x86/2005.1, > gcc-3.4.6/vanilla, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.17-gentoo i686) > > # emerge -s evolution > > * gnome-extra/evolution-data-server > Latest version available: 1.6.1 > Latest version installed: 1.6.1 > Size of files: 6,991 kB > Homepage: http://www.ximian.com/ > Description: Evolution groupware backend > License: LGPL-2 Sleepycat > > * gnome-extra/evolution-exchange > Latest version available: 2.6.0 > Latest version installed: 2.6.0 > Size of files: 947 kB > Homepage: > http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html > Description: Evolution module for connecting > to Microsoft Exchange > License: GPL-2 > > * gnome-extra/evolution-webcal > Latest version available: 2.5.90 > Latest version installed: 2.5.90 > Size of files: 151 kB > Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/ > Description: A GNOME URL handler for > web-published ical calendar files > License: GPL-2 > > * mail-client/evolution > Latest version available: 2.6.1 > Latest version installed: 2.6.1 > Size of files: 12,014 kB > Homepage: > http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ > Description: Integrated mail, addressbook and > calendaring functionality > License: GPL-2 FDL-1.1 > > > Insights appreciated! > > Rob > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
