[gnome-network] Bug#269396: gnome-nettool: Better "multi-tasking" while tracerouting

[Gaetan de Menten <ged bugfactory org>]

Package: gnome-nettool
Version: 0.99.2-1
Severity: wishlist

It seems like gnome-nettool allows one to switch tab while doing an action. 
To allow this is discutable but I like it so I won't criticize :). What I don't
like is how the tool is sluggish (read: inusable because it is so slow) while
doing a traceroute (and maybe other operations too but it doesn't take as long).

It might be due to the underlying tool, but wouldn't it be possible to renice it
or something like that so that the gnome-nettool is not "quasi"-frozen?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages gnome-nettool depends on:
ii  dnsutils             1:9.2.3+9.2.4-rc5-1 Clients provided with BIND
ii  finger               0.17-7              user information lookup program
ii  libart-2.0-2         2.3.16-6            Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0          1.6.1-3             The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libaudiofile0        0.2.6-4             Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii  libbonobo2-0         2.6.2-6             Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0       2.6.1-1             The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                2.3.2.ds1-16        GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libesd0              0.2.34-1            Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared 
ii  libgconf2-4          2.7.92-1            GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libgcrypt11          1.2.0-6             LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libglade2-0          1:2.4.0-1           Library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.4.6-2             The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0    0.2.1-3             GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0          2.7.92-1            The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0    2.7.1-1             A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0         2.7.1-1             The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0       2.7.91-3            The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii  libgnutls11          1.0.16-7            GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii  libgpg-error0        1.0-1               library for common error values an
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.4.9-1             The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6              4.3.0.dfsg.1-6      Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libjpeg62            6b-9                The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  liborbit2            1:2.10.2-1.1        libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0        1.5.2-1             Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0             1.7-5               lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6               4.3.0.dfsg.1-6      X Window System Session Management
ii  libtasn1-2           0.2.10-4            Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii  libx11-6             4.3.0.dfsg.1-6      X Window System protocol client li
ii  libxml2              2.6.11-3            GNOME XML library
ii  net-tools            1.60-10             The NET-3 networking toolkit
ii  netkit-ping [ping]   0.10-9              The ping utility from netkit
ii  traceroute           1.4a12-16           traces the route taken by packets 
ii  xlibs                4.3.0.dfsg.1-6      X Window System client libraries m
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.1.1-7         compression library - runtime

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