Re: [Evolution] 100% CPU usage

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Wed, 2015-07-22 at 21:41 +0000, Ask Stack wrote:
> Evolution will consume 100% CPU at this time, I will have to wait
> many minutes before the window is responsive again. It will take a
> long time but it will finish. I work for a large company. The GAL is
> probably huge. 

        Hi,
I guess you face
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630504
though having a backtrace would make it clear.

> Is there a way to fix it?

Unfortunately not, except of not having the GAL setup as the default
address book and do not use that dialog for contact picking. I
understand it's not always possible.

> 1. In "Account Editor", Click "Fetch List" will show "Failed to
> locate offline address books. The reported error was "404 Not Found".

That means that the OAB URL from the previous tab points to a wrong
place or the server redirects into an inexistent place.

> 2. In the main Contacts window, "Offline Global Addres List" does not 
> cause 100% CPU usage. 

Different view, different sorting, different behavior. With a specific
sorting you can get that freeze as well:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=629510

        Bye,
        Milan