I have/had similar problems when working with kde for
a long time, logging out and in again usually speeds
things up again (not only analysis).
I had the impression it was caused by kde accumulating
whatever made it so slow, but that's just a guess.
Eiso
Stephen Paisey wrote:
> Dear Developers,
> This is a problem i have spent a lot of time looking at with out much
> success. I have encountered it when switching from Linux Open Office
> applications to Analysis (in at least the last two versions of Analysis). I
> find that immediately after i have opened Analysis I can switch to and from
> Open Office quickly, but the more I use Analysis the slower it is to recover
> from open office until eventually it refuses to return to Analysis at all
> (even though all other programmes are ok including open office) and the only
> remedy is to use a kill -9 function in a linux terminal. This problem occurs
> irrespective of which rendering system I use and reaches a stand still after
> about 3 or 4 days of analysis use. When Analysis is hanging "top" reports
> 99% cpu usage for python.
> The problem is not purely a time issue as it only develops when Analysis is
> actually being used and not if it is simply left open for a week. I have
> kept a close eye on the memory and % cpu usage of python as reported by
> "top" and this slowly creeps up each time an operation is carried out in
> Analysis. This drops away after a few seconds when i switch away from
> Analysis but strangeley skyrockets when I switch to Open Office(95% cpu
> ucage)?? and doesn't drop away again even if I close Open Office or switch
> to another desk top. At this point the rest of the computer works fine but
> if i try to switch to Analysis all i get is the empty frames super imposed
> upon the previous screen i had open. Digging further I have found that after
> a few days use I get a small spike in cpu usage of python (~20%) even when
> switching between empty desktops although unlike in the case of open office
> this spike dies away quite quickly.
> Immediately after having killed off Analysis and re opening it I get no such
> behaviour even when switching to and from Open Office.
> At first we thought it was due to problems with swap space but this is not
> the case as i upgraded my memory to avoid using swap space and I still get
> the problem even though there plenty of free physical memory and no swap
> space is being used.
> The only solution I have at the moment is to save my project each time
> before I switch to Open Office in case it irretrievably hangs and restart
> Analysis each time the switching starts to slow down. (slightly irritating
> as i am using Open Office as an assignment book keeping programme)
> Hope this is of use.
>
> Best regards
>
> Stephen
>
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