Re: [Evolution] Evo suddenly VERY slow

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On 24 Apr 2001 15:54:48 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le 2001.04.24 14:32:41 +0200, Rupert Heesom a écrit :
> > On 24 Apr 2001 07:48:24 +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > Le 2001.04.24 04:00:42 +0200, Rupert Heesom a écrit :
> > > I had this problem too, and it appeared I had to killev, killall oafd
> > (as
> > > root) and rm -Rf /tmp/orbit-*, then Evo started to be snappier (well,
> > as
> > > snappy as it can, which is really slow compared as e.g. Balsa. But
> > Balsa is
> > > a lot simpler)
> >
> >
> > Thanks, I've just tried as far as killing oafd, and Evo is back to it's
> > former self.   I decided not to remove the /tmp folders.   BTW, what
> > does killev do?  There's no man page for it, or help screen.
>
> killev kills all components of Evo. when you quit Evo, not all components
> quit, some stay in memory (e.g. wombat)
>
> > I assume the /tmp/* directories are swap files (even though there is a
> > swap partition).   Is it a good idea to remove these every now & again?
>
> Well, I do it often (at each orbit/oaf/bonobo upgrade). I don't know what
> these files really are, probably just some registration points. Maybe
> someone can sched some light ?


Well I never have to do it.  How odd, but i upgrade via cvs source.

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