Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:57:26 -0600 (CST) From: <ruggeri@uchicago.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Problem Launching Applications in Gnome Message-ID: <20070307205726.AKZ27933@m4500-02.uchicago.edu>
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Hi, I haven't been able to figure this out, and am hoping someone has some ideas. I can't seem to find any previous mention of a similar problem, so I hope I'm not missing something obvious. I run FreeBSD 6.2-STABLE. I also have installed GNOME 2.16.3. I use Gnome-Terminal 2.16.1. The main application I run is Vim, which I run through Gnome- Terminal. I frequently have several copies running simultaneously. In general response to Gnome-Terminal commands is very fast, but sometimes when I try to open a file with Vim it takes up to 20-30 seconds to load. The files are not particularly large (max 300 lines). During this time, if I try to launch another application in Gnome (e.g., Opera or another Gnome-Terminal), it will not come up. It is as if everything is frozen until finally Vi loads and opens the file, at which point anything else I have tried to open works fine. While this loading takes place, I can work in any other open application normally. Oftentimes I have another Vim session which I am editing in. I have of course looked at top when this problem occurs. CPU usage is about 2%, and there is no significant memory usage either. I never experience this problem outside Gnome, whether I'm using screen or several virtual terminals. It's really strange. Anyway, I hope someone out there has some ideas. Thanks very much in advance. -- Ned Ruggeri PS I'll include my ~/.vimrc file: autocmd! set nocompatible syntax on set showmatch set number set backspace=2 autocmd BufRead *.c set cindent
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