From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 16 16:20:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5627116A418 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailwasher.lanl.gov (mailwasher.lanl.gov [204.121.3.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16C6513C4E7 for ; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:20:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesh@lanl.gov) Received: from mailrelay2.lanl.gov (mailrelay2.lanl.gov [128.165.4.103]) by mailwasher.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lAGGK3EI014143; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:20:03 -0700 Received: from oppie-mail.lanl.gov (oppie-mail.lanl.gov [128.165.4.123]) by mailrelay2.lanl.gov (8.13.8/8.13.8/(ccn-5)) with ESMTP id lAGGK2Lu001543; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:20:02 -0700 Received: from [128.165.86.60] (p25dual1.lanl.gov [128.165.86.60]) by oppie-mail.lanl.gov (Postfix) with ESMTP id C99C71F8003; Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:56 -0700 (MST) From: James Harrison To: Oliver Peter In-Reply-To: <20071116104400.GG16621@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> References: <1195080328.2091.4.camel@secretariat.lanl.gov> <20071116104400.GG16621@nemesis.frida.mouhaha.de> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Los Alamos National Labs Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:19:56 -0700 Message-Id: <1195229996.4124.6.camel@p25dual1.lanl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.0 (2.8.0-33.0.1.el5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CTN-5-MailScanner-Information: Please see http://network.lanl.gov/email/virus-scan.php X-CTN-5-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-CTN-5-MailScanner-From: jamesh@lanl.gov X-Spam-Status: No Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: evolution slow on 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jamesh@lanl.gov List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:20:10 -0000 On Fri, 2007-11-16 at 11:44 +0100, Oliver Peter wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 03:45:28PM -0700, James wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > first, I know the subject line is a goldmine for jokes, but I couldn't > > think of a better way to phrase it. > > > > Ever since I moved to FreeBSD 7.0, the evolution mail client has become > > ridiculously slow for me. It takes two or three minutes to start up, > > right clicking on a folder takes several minutes to display a context > > menu etc > > > > My install process was as follows: > > > > 1. backup my home directory from a FreeBSD 6.2 install > > 2. Format the hard drive > > 3. Install 7.0 beta 1.5 > > 4. csup sources and install beta 2.0 > > 5. pkg_add xorg, gnome etc -- evolution was slow as a dog from this > > 6. portsnap fetch extract > > 7. follow the instructions in UPDATING for updating gnome > > > > I tried cd /usr/ports/mail/evolution && make deinstall && make > > reinstall, to see if something had simply gone wrong during the build, > > but nothing changed. > > > > Any ideas? > > An random idea: What scheduler are you using in your kernel > configuration? Do you already use SCHED_ULE ? > I built it according to defaults, so I've got the GENERIC kernel running right now. As such, I don't know the answer to your question, but if you tell me how to check I'll get back to you :) James