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

[Robert Burcham <rob_burcham yahoo com>]

Difficult to say.  It looks like the initial bug
report that started that record got hijacked by other
bugs partway through the chain.

Plus it looks like half a dozen other bug reports got
marked as duplicates of that bug, but upon reviewing
their content there are notable differences in the
first three.

All of this is neither here nor there, because those
bug reports are talking about 2.6.2 and not 2.6.1, the
version I am using.  They also describe problems with
evolution-exchange-storage, the "exchange connector,"
and how it also can consume 100% cpu, or download
hundreds of MB of public folders.

My problem is not that evo crashes, or otherwise
enters into an unrecoverable state.  Nor does it have
to do with evolution-exchange-storage consuming high
cpu.

My problem is that every few minutes the evolution
process freezes for about a minute (100% cpu), and
then wakes up again (cpu back to normal).  Neither
that bug nor any of the referenced bugs seemed to
describe this behavior.

Anyone seen/heard this type of problem?

--- P Sankar <psankar novell com> wrote:

> 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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