Kmail dragging at start-up
I'm running SUSE 9.2 with stock KDE installation, all updates. Recently (last couple of days), when I start KMail, it takes something like 10-15 minutes to "settle down" enough to be usable. I can literally take a shower and eat in the time it takes. O.k., granted, I've got folders full of mail. I've compacted all folders but the thing is simply sluggish. I have not rebooted - isn't that one of the reasons for moving _from_ Windows? I don't see any odd processes running, and KMail is the only app that does this. I can work with other apps, although if they are in the same Window, and I switch to/from Kmail, I get that window lag something terrible. Do I just need to delete some of this e-mail I'm keeping (probably pretty useless)? Or is there something else that could cause this sluggish behavior? Don -- DC Parris GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere!"
On Monday 20 December 2004 23:45, Don Parris wrote:
I'm running SUSE 9.2 with stock KDE installation, all updates. Recently (last couple of days), when I start KMail, it takes something like 10-15 minutes to "settle down" enough to be usable. I can literally take a shower and eat in the time it takes.
O.k., granted, I've got folders full of mail. I've compacted all folders but the thing is simply sluggish. I have not rebooted - isn't that one of the reasons for moving _from_ Windows? I don't see any odd processes running, and KMail is the only app that does this. I can work with other apps, although if they are in the same Window, and I switch to/from Kmail, I get that window lag something terrible.
Do I just need to delete some of this e-mail I'm keeping (probably pretty useless)? Or is there something else that could cause this sluggish behavior?
Don --
This is a 1.3 GHz AMD box w/192MB RAM. Everything was going fine until recently. I have not made any changes to my system. -- DC Parris GNU Evangelist http://matheteuo.org/ http://chaddb.sourceforge.net/ "Free software is like God's love - you can share it with anyone anytime anywhere!"
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:32 pm, Don Parris wrote:
On Monday 20 December 2004 23:45, Don Parris wrote:
I'm running SUSE 9.2 with stock KDE installation, all updates. Recently (last couple of days), when I start KMail, it takes something like 10-15 minutes to "settle down" enough to be usable. I can literally take a shower and eat in the time it takes.
O.k., granted, I've got folders full of mail. I've compacted all folders but the thing is simply sluggish. I have not rebooted - isn't that one of the reasons for moving _from_ Windows? I don't see any odd processes running, and KMail is the only app that does this. I can work with other apps, although if they are in the same Window, and I switch to/from Kmail, I get that window lag something terrible.
Do I just need to delete some of this e-mail I'm keeping (probably pretty useless)? Or is there something else that could cause this sluggish behavior?
Don --
This is a 1.3 GHz AMD box w/192MB RAM. Everything was going fine until recently. I have not made any changes to my system. Don, have you checked to see how full your partitions are? My /tmp file filled up and pretty well dragged my machine to a halt. Symptoms were sluggishness, eventually konqueror wouldnt run, and Kmail did some really weird things.
Cleaning out /tmp did a lot to bring it back to normal. Ctl-Alt-F2 then init 3 and cd to /tmp and rm all the crap that is there, then init 5 and see how things are going. Good luck RA -- Old age ain't for Sissies!
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 22:32, Richard wrote:
On Tuesday 21 December 2004 10:32 pm, Don Parris wrote:
On Monday 20 December 2004 23:45, Don Parris wrote:
I'm running SUSE 9.2 with stock KDE installation, all updates. Recently (last couple of days), when I start KMail, it takes something like 10-15 minutes to "settle down" enough to be usable. I can literally take a shower and eat in the time it takes.
O.k., granted, I've got folders full of mail. I've compacted all folders but the thing is simply sluggish. I have not rebooted - isn't that one of the reasons for moving _from_ Windows? I don't see any odd processes running, and KMail is the only app that does this. I can work with other apps, although if they are in the same Window, and I switch to/from Kmail, I get that window lag something terrible.
Do I just need to delete some of this e-mail I'm keeping (probably pretty useless)? Or is there something else that could cause this sluggish behavior?
Don --
This is a 1.3 GHz AMD box w/192MB RAM. Everything was going fine until recently. I have not made any changes to my system.
Don, have you checked to see how full your partitions are? My /tmp file filled up and pretty well dragged my machine to a halt. Symptoms were sluggishness, eventually konqueror wouldnt run, and Kmail did some really weird things.
Cleaning out /tmp did a lot to bring it back to normal.
Ctl-Alt-F2 then init 3 and cd to /tmp and rm all the crap that is there, then init 5 and see how things are going. Good luck RA -- Old age ain't for Sissies!
From terminal just issue: $ df It will show you how much free space you have on all mounted partitions. Sunny -- Try the best browser, get Firefox now: http://tinyurl.com/5a878
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