On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 14:13, Gerardo Marin wrote: > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 15:47 -0400, Kelly J. Morris wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 15:14, Gerardo Marin wrote: > > > > Will 2.0 fix any or all of this? > > > > > > > > > > At least the points really belonging to Evolution were addressed. > > > > > Gerardo - Thanks. Any suggestions about where I should go for 3 & 4, > > especially 4? > > > Gerardo - Thanks for your reply. > > About your Evolution performance: Sounds strange to me. I could get > those same symptoms by having a computer with too little RAM (128 MB) or > too little video memory (4 MB, even 8 MB) and opening and closing lots > of applications. > As I told you, I used to have a pretty decent performance using a slow > processor given enough memory (started well at 256 MB, no problems with > 384, a charm with 512) and an old low end Riva TNT-2 video card (32 MB). > If you feel you have enough RAM and decent video in your computer you'll > have to dig a little more:
I'm running a Pentium IV, 2.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HD, and a GEFORCE4 64 MB DDR video card. > > - What Evolution version are you using? (i.e. a lot of 1.2 memory leaks > were solved in 1.4, and more in 1.5/2.0) v. 1.4.6 > - Do other heavyweight applications behave the same? (i.e. Ooo) Yes, including both oOo and Mozilla. > - Do you have many other processes eating CPU or memory? (top is your > friend). Sorry - what's "top"? > - How did you install/build Evolution? I downloaded XD2 with Evolution from a mirror site and update regularly with Red Carpet. > - How large are your Evolution related files (mail, contacts, tasks)? I work at home and rely heavily on Evolution, esp for mail (e.g. I subscribe to 40+ lists and newsletters - each with its filter - and run a couple of lists myself, etc.). My Ev files in /home/kelly/ are about 303 MB. > - How is your environment (i.e. swap space, paths)? 1 GB swap partition > - Does it happen all the time or only when certain operations are in > progress (like fetching mail over a slow connection) ? Pretty much all the time. I've got cable Internet connection that's always near the max whenever I measure it (2.9 megabits per second right now at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/ ). > > If you strongly feel that everything in your computer/network is ok, > feel free to file a bug report (I strongly suggest you to first try the > latest version before doing so, since only critical security fixes will > reach 1.4 branch once 2.0 is out). I'll upgrade to 2.0 (next Monday?) and see how that goes. > > Not sure, but hope this helps. It does. Thanks. Kelly Morris _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
