Re: [Evolution] Evolution freezes with 99% cpu...

["P Sankar" <psankar novell com>]

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
>
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