when I use the search utility it brings X to its knees. Especially after using the contains text section. even after I close the search utility the system is really slow. anytime you use the keyboard after that it makes X use almost all the CPU!! When I click on something there is a short delay and then it returns to idle. Then if i type again it goes back up and is unresponsive until a mouse click. If I logout and then startx again then its fine until I use the search with contains text function! I know to use updatedb before searching..I might be missing something obvious but this seems to be a bug.//// If you need more info let me know. I am trying to become accustomed to linux, and I am learning so much trying to get my audio to work...oh well at least there are resources on that:) my email is nitroburn@comcast.net or jameslporter@comcast.net
actually the search dialog is just a frontend for the "find" command. The disk access causing system slowdown/pseudo-lockup is a Linux problem actually, present in all versions less than 2.5.60 or so. The new disk io scheluder makes this far more pleasant to use. (you'll note it by updating big cvs trees too. *mutters*) and no, "nice" doesn't relly help. updatedb is only useful for "locate" not for this sort of operation. one thing you can check is that you have DMA enabled on all disks, as this does affect performance. Sorry, theres nothing we can really do to fix this right now :-/
wow thanks a lot. I will look into what you said..I didn't think that there was a kernel that high.. I am using a 2.4.22-gentoo-r2 kernel right now..I am assuming that when you refer to the 2.5's that they are still beta? I just installed gentoo the other day! surely it isnt that far behind? Your response was very fast and nice! when I get into the coding monkey job in the future I will be sure to convert them to Gentoo....(of course the company will make a nice donation ;) ) . the help is great, I am so new to *nix systems, and I hope to start learning OOP! like C++ or maybe you have better suggestions!
2.5.x was the development series. It has been declared "stble" and is avaiable in gentoo as "development-sources" (2.6.0 ) However, the upgrade path is a bit clumsy, and there are still systems where it doesn't work great, so it hasn't been changed into normal "vanilla-sources" And don't expect a Gentoo patchset based on 2.6.0 until in a few months time. There is work to revive "medusa" which will make cached searches far more pleasant, however this is still beta and won't hit our tree until its stable.
