Re: [Evolution] evolution and large mails

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 14:38 -0500, Mike Dickson wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 21:26 +0200, guenther wrote:
>
> > > I am using
> > > evolution-2.6.0-1
> > > on
> > > 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 #1 Tue Mar 14 15:48:33 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386
> > > GNU/Linux
> > >
> > > running in VMware Workstation 4.5.2
> >
> > Well, I guess that would be why. This sure limits the resources for your
> > GNOME Desktop and likely is the reason the for the heavy disk-activity
> > you noticed.
>
> He didn't say how much memory he dedicated to the VM so its hard to
> conclude that's the problem.

Well, GtkHTML itself does not use the disk while rendering AFAIK, thus
any disk-activity due to high load rendering is the effect of swapping
memory by the operating system.


> BTW, if the gtkHTML component is problematic has any effort been made to
> look at another renderer?  The Mozilla one perhaps?

Yes, there already has been some work done on this (yup, gecko and
gtkmozembed). Though there still are no definite plans or schedules yet
AFAIK.

...guenther


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