Re: Why is Nautilus using 38% CPU?

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

On 9/2/2012 8:46 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 19:59:08 -0500, Mark Allums wrote:

Re: Why is Nautilus using 38% CPU?
> > Is this normal behavior?
>
> You mean while system is idle? And it happens continously?

Yes, exactly.

I have a fairly beefy system, so it should be < 1% I would think.


> What GNOME version are you using? Nautilus should be off (not running)
> since gnome-shell unless you had it configure for handling the desktop or
> you manually launched it.

The GNOME metapackages all say 3.0, but most of it is 3.4.  It's all Wheezy.


> > Is this relevant?: I'm running the 3.5-trunk kernel from experimental.
> > Running it on assorted VMs with no problem.
>
> Hard to tell with the little info you provide :-)

:) I am looking for a starting point.


> - In my Lenny (GNOME 2), nautilus takes 0-1% of CPU.
>
> - In my Wheezy (GNOME 3+gnome-shell with the file manager handling the
> desktop) it takes a bit more, around 5-8% with peaks reaching 18% of the
> CPU.
>
> Greetings,