Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.0

["Kelly J. Morris" <kjmlists comcast net>]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:13, Gerardo Marin wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 15:47 -0400, Kelly J. Morris wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 15:14, Gerardo Marin wrote:
> > > > Will 2.0 fix any or all of this?
> > >
> > > At least the points really belonging to Evolution were addressed.
> > Gerardo - Thanks. Any suggestions about where I should go for 3 & 4,
> > especially 4?
Gerardo - Thanks for your reply.
> About your Evolution performance: Sounds strange to me. I could get
> those same symptoms by having a computer with too little RAM (128 MB) or
> too little video memory (4 MB, even 8 MB) and opening and closing lots
> of applications.
> As I told you, I used to have a pretty decent performance using a slow
> processor given enough memory (started well at 256 MB, no problems with
> 384, a charm with 512) and an old low end Riva TNT-2 video card (32 MB).
> If you feel you have enough RAM and decent video in your computer you'll
> have to dig a little more:

I'm running a Pentium IV, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HD, and a GEFORCE4 64
MB DDR video card. 
> - What Evolution version are you using? (i.e. a lot of 1.2 memory leaks
> were solved in 1.4, and more in 1.5/2.0)

v. 1.4.6

> - Do other heavyweight applications behave the same? (i.e. Ooo)

Yes, including both oOo and Mozilla.

> - Do you have many other processes eating CPU or memory? (top is your
> friend).

Sorry - what's "top"?

> - How did you install/build Evolution?

I downloaded XD2 with Evolution from a mirror site and update regularly
with Red Carpet.

> - How large are your Evolution related files (mail, contacts, tasks)?

I work at home and rely heavily on Evolution, esp for mail (e.g. I
subscribe to 40+ lists and newsletters - each with its filter - and run
a couple of lists myself, etc.). My Ev files in /home/kelly/ are about
303 MB.

> - How is your environment (i.e. swap space, paths)?

1 GB swap partition

> - Does it happen all the time or only when certain operations are in
> progress (like fetching mail over a slow connection) ?

Pretty much all the time. I've got cable Internet connection that's
always near the max whenever I measure it (2.9 megabits per second right
now at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ ).
> If you strongly feel that everything in your computer/network is ok,
> feel free to file a bug report (I strongly suggest you to first try the
> latest version before doing so, since only critical security fixes will
> reach 1.4 branch once 2.0 is out).

I'll upgrade to 2.0 (next Monday?) and see how that goes. 
> Not sure, but hope this helps.

It does. Thanks.  Kelly Morris