Patterned slow-down over the entire GNOME desktop

[Rahul Sundaram]

Ivan Gyurdiev wrote:

> Hi, I am experiencing slow-down over the entire GNOME desktop. It is 
> interesting - 100% CPU activity for a very long time (too long for 
> everything to be allright). What seems interesting to me is that the 
> slowdown occurs in a pattern - every second time I start up the app it 
> is slow, so run1:slow, run2:fast, run3:slow, run4:fast, regardless of 
> timing. Further, this is a multi app pattern. Start up appX: slow, 
> appY:fast, appZ:slow, appXX:fast. It also happens if you start up 
> multiple copies of the same app: copy1:slow, copy2:fast, copy3:slow. 
> Does not occur with multiple firefox windows, or multiple terminals, 
> which will start up very fast if there's a single one open. Does not 
> occur with something like xpdf - only gnome apps.
>
> Suggestions? What's the correct bugzilla component?
>
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regards
Rahul