When I untick show_desktop in /apps/nautilus/preferences of gconf-editor my x uses much cpu resources. That comes quickly to 100% when logging into Gnome session. A quick workaround from ##gnome @freenode might be editting /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop and setting X-GNOME-AutoRestart=false. Unfortunately that file seems to be overwritten every gnome-base/nautilus update. Patching this would be a quick job for ebuild maintainers. Thx in advance. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. open gconf-editor 2. navigate to /apps/nautilus/preferences 3. untick show_desktop 4. run (h)top and watch your cpu being burnt
I suppose that you probably use nautilus-2.26.x, mostly because If I remember correctly this bug was fixed upstream in 2.28 dev cycle. @herd wasn't it ? Well, please attach at least the output of your emerge --info
Created attachment 226309 [details] emerge --info eix -I nautilus [I] gnome-base/nautilus Available versions: 2.24.2-r3 2.26.4 2.26.4-r1 (~)2.28.1 (~)2.28.2 (~)2.28.4 (~)2.28.4-r1 {beagle debug doc gnome test tracker xmp} Installed versions: 2.28.4-r1(15:09:00 30.03.2010)(-beagle -doc -gnome -test -xmp)
This is actually a known behavior since 2.26, I suggest you use the search feature of bugzilla or re-read the gnome 2.26 migration guide which probably gives a description of the problem and a solution.
That solution is just a workaround but if there is no real solution workarounds seem necessary. I've got another one: copy /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop to ~/.config/autostart and set X-GNOME-AutoRestart=false. This is much cleaner and simpler for me, but main advantage is that it doesn't get overwritten every nautilus emerge.
reopening to mark proper status
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 266398 ***
