[ale] dragging response times

[Walter Sams]

On Friday 12 March 2004 04:15 pm, Dow Hurst wrote:

We have shut down Evolution and installed kmail/korganizer and 
do not seem to have the problem anymore- I think I will dump
ximian and stick with the programs which the OS distribution 
automatically sets up and supports.
I am looking into the kgroupware I would like the updated calendar
and addressbook function.

Thanks all

Walter Sams

> Walter,
> I've experience the same type behavior under SuSE 8.1, 8.2, and 9.0
> depending on the hardware the install was on.  Three different cases of
> hardware.  I would see typing delays or random hangs in the shell.  Delays
> that were inexplicable in Mozilla while typing.  I now wonder if there were
> SuSEplugger problems or a lower level USB or sound card module problem.  I
> never got to the bottom of it.  Rebooting fixed it temporarily, and
> relogging into KDE would fix it temporarily on some hardware.  I never
> increased kernel or module logging so never got more info out of the
> system.  I am sure that picking the right hardware is a major part of
> having a happy system for those who aren't Linux gurus.  I can only get so
> far before I run out of guruness or time.  My guruness is limited.
> Dow
>
> walter Sams wrote:
> > I was considering using KMail and KOrganize anyway, If the general
> > concensus is that Mandrake doesnt like evolution then that would pretty
> > much seal it.
> >
> > Thank you
> > Walter Sams
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-03-11 at 08:36, Michael D. Hirsch wrote:
> >>On Wednesday 10 March 2004 07:27 pm, walter Sams wrote:
> >>>I recently installed mandrake 9.1 on my network and notice that when
> >>>typing emails or word processor documents, I get a severe pause after
> >>>typing 18 or 20 words.  The cursor dissapears and no letters show up
> >>>when I type for 10 or 15 seconds.  then everything I typed  (in the
> >>>dark) pops on the screen and the program acts normal for a few more
> >>>words.  This acts like a buffer problem to me.  How would one begin
> >>>to identify and correct a problem like this?  I am not running any
> >>>programs now that I did not run before I switched.
> >>>
> >>>I have an accounting program, evolution 1.2.2, a pyla fax gui and
> >>>open office running.  I watched the system monitor to see if
> >>>resources were used up but saw nothing, the scales never showed more
> >>>than 3-6% usage
> >>
> >>I had this exact problem with Mandrake 9.2.  More specifically my wife
> >>had it.  The only solution we found was to stop using evolution.  She
> >>hasn't had it since moving to Mozilla for mail.
> >>
> >>I use Mandrake, but with kmail and have never seen the problem.
> >>
> >>I have had similar problems with various RedHat versions.  I solved it
> >>once by killing autorun.  Mandrake doesn't use autorun, so that isn't
> >>your problem.  Recently, I think it is due to my usb mouse becoming
> >>unregistered.  The symptoms are slightly different--my mouse freezes,
> >>but everything else is okay.  I think (hope) I've solved it just by
> >>reseating my mouse in the socket.  I haven't noticed it lately.
> >>
> >>Michael
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