Bug#460194: this bug/#460194 - aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-04-05 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 12:39:08PM -0400, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Version: 2.6.24-5 > > On Fri, Apr 04, 2008 at 03:52:13PM +0200, Marcus Better wrote: > > Justin Pryzby wrote: > >> Could you test if this problem exists while running the latest kernel? > >> I think ke

Bug#460194: this bug/#460194 - aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-03-27 Thread Marcus Better
Justin Pryzby wrote: I can reproduce this problem readily. You said you were using 2.6.24-rc, but that the problem occured with older kernels. How old? I'm not able to reproduce it with 2.6.22. Almost certainly with 2.6.23, but I probably didn't try anything older than 2.6.22. It also happ

Bug#460194: this bug/#460194 - aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-03-21 Thread Justin Pryzby
#460194 - aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo http://bugs.debian.org./460194 I can reproduce this problem readily. You said you were using 2.6.24-rc, but that the problem occured with older kernels. How old? I'm not able to reproduce it with 2.6.22. -- To UNSUB

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-18 Thread Marcus Better
> What if you run a script that echos a message and then execs aptitude, > like this, using sudo? It prints "Starting..." immediately and the freeze does not occur. It waits for five seconds before anything else is printed (e.g. the progress messages for "update") (is this normal?), but the s

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 01:39:55PM +0100, Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: >> What if you run a script that echos a message and then execs aptitude, >> like this, using sudo? > > Cannot reproduce the problem now, will try when it shows up again... > > W

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-16 Thread Marcus Better
Daniel Burrows wrote: The actual freezing does not occur under strace, but there is a delay before anything is printed. That's interesting. So the system doesn't freeze at all, right? Right. What if you run a script that echos a message and then execs aptitude, like this, using sudo?

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-15 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 06:25:17AM +0100, Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows said: >>> It's a Thinkpad R60, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, SATA disk with XFS on >>^ >>> dm-crypt on LVM, kernel 2.

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-14 Thread Marcus Better
Daniel Burrows said: It's a Thinkpad R60, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, SATA disk with XFS on ^ dm-crypt on LVM, kernel 2.6.24-rc7 (x86_64), but I've had the problem ^^^ with older kernels as well. So, I ha

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-14 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 06:13:30AM +0100, Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: >> How much memory does this laptop have, and what are its processor and >> disk like? > > It's a Thinkpad R60, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, SATA disk with XFS on

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-14 Thread Marcus Better
I just got this with another laptop, an LG LE50 Express, Pentium M 1.73 GHz with 3 GB RAM, kernel 2.6.24-rc6, running lenny/sid. It happened on both "update" and "full-upgrade" even with "nice -n 17". Marcus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-13 Thread Marcus Better
How much memory does this laptop have, and what are its processor and disk like? It's a Thinkpad R60, Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GB RAM, SATA disk with XFS on dm-crypt on LVM, kernel 2.6.24-rc7 (x86_64), but I've had the problem with older kernels as well. I'm not able to reproduce the problem ri

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-11 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 09:57:34AM +0100, Marcus Better <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > aptitude causes the X session to freeze for about five seconds each > time I start it using "sudo aptitude update" or "sudo aptitude search > xyz". The session does not react to keyboard and mouse input

Bug#460194: aptitude: freezes desktop for four seconds when launched with sudo

2008-01-11 Thread Marcus Better
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.10-1+b1 Severity: normal aptitude causes the X session to freeze for about five seconds each time I start it using "sudo aptitude update" or "sudo aptitude search xyz". The session does not react to keyboard and mouse input, and animations in other windows freeze mom