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From: Periodic FAQ Pointer on 3 Dec 2009 03:03 Posted-By: auto-faq 3.3.1 (Perl 5.010) Archive-name: aolsfaq Current-maintainer: aolsfaq-maintainer(a)therockgarden.ca FAQ last updated: Wed Sep 9 00:25:18 EDT 2009 This is a periodic pointer to the Frequently-Asked Questions list (FAQ) for the alt.os.linux.slackware newsgroup. The FAQ which may be frequently referred to in messages posted to the newsgroup may be found in its original text form at http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt There is also an HTML-rendered copy at http://l0k1.free.fr/aolsfaq.html
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 3 Dec 2009 13:20 aolsfaq-maintainer(a)therockgarden.ca (Periodic FAQ Pointer) writes: >FAQ last updated: Wed Sep 9 00:25:18 EDT 2009 [...] > http://l0k1.free.fr/aolsfaq.html I think, given the potential confusion that we have already seen on this newsgroup with some of the File indexing "problems" in KDE 4.2, we should put an entry in the FAQ something like the following: Why is KDE/Slackware so slow? Actually, it's not. KDE 4.2, which ships with the latest (13.0) version of Slackware, does, however, have a severely problematic daemon that runs by default. The Nepomuk/Strigi system is designed to provide semantic desktop features and full file indexing in KDE. However, the Strigi File indexer as of version 4.2 consumes massive amounts of resources for what it does, and does so almost constantly. This causes most hardware to bog down. If you are experiencing these sorts of problems, such as the hard drive constantly in use, or the CPU always active, you may try disabling Strigi by going into the System Settings, going to the Advanced tab, and opening up the File Indexing settings. From there, you can disable the file indexer. This should speed things up considerably. Comments? Improvements? Aaron W. Hsu -- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
From: notbob on 3 Dec 2009 14:35 On 2009-12-03, Aaron W Hsu <arcfide(a)sacrideo.us> wrote: > System Settings, going to the Advanced tab, and opening up the File > Indexing settings. I see no such file icon. I see only a "Desktop Search" icon, which then opens a "Desktop Search - System Settings" window which has: * Enable Nepomuk Semantic Desktop * Enable Strigi Desktop File Indexer .....check boxes for enabling/disabling this service. Unchecking both boxes should result in a line stating "Strigi service not running" below the "Enable Strigi..." checkbox line. > From there, you can disable the file indexer. This > should speed things up considerably. > > Comments? Improvements? It seems to have improved performance somewhat. I don't have a stopwatch to time editor key performance, but it does seems to be on par or only marginally slower than using emacs/konsole in fluxbox (FB). Still takes KDE what seems forever to boot up, at least compared to FB. I'll hafta play around to see if the speed gains and other advantages of FB offsets the advantages of things like usb/media auto detection with KDE, which requires further customization in FB. nb
From: Sylvain Robitaille on 3 Dec 2009 14:46 On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:20:25 -0600, Aaron W Hsu wrote: > I think, given the potential confusion that we have already seen on this > newsgroup with some of the File indexing "problems" in KDE 4.2, we > should put an entry in the FAQ something like the following: > > Why is KDE/Slackware so slow? I think there may be value in including the version numbers at least in the short term, since with older versions that question did not occur as commonly, and we expect that it will be cleared up in later versions. > ... The Nepomuk/Strigi system is designed to provide semantic > desktop features and full file indexing in KDE. Are you sure of Nepomuk's involvement in the poor performance? I do agree that it seems very clear that Strigi is involved. I think your suggestion to add this entry makes sense, but I want to be sure the text that goes in is as correct as we can get it. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)encs.concordia.ca Systems analyst / AITS Concordia University Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science Montreal, Quebec, Canada ----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Aaron W. Hsu on 3 Dec 2009 15:33
notbob <notbob(a)nothome.com> writes: >On 2009-12-03, Aaron W Hsu <arcfide(a)sacrideo.us> wrote: >I see only a "Desktop Search" icon, which then opens a "Desktop Search - >System Settings" window which has: >* Enable Nepomuk Semantic Desktop >* Enable Strigi Desktop File Indexer >....check boxes for enabling/disabling this service. Unchecking both >boxes should result in a line stating "Strigi service not running" below >the "Enable Strigi..." checkbox line. Yes, sorry, Desktop Search is the term for which I was looking. Specifically, you only have to disable the file indexer for this particular problem. Nepomuk Semantic Desktop is okay, from my experience. Aaron W. Hsu -- A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. |