[SOLVED] open / save dialog boxes are now too slow

[kingaaronj]

Thanks so much for resurrecting this thread! I was having this problem and purging / re-installing tracker fixed it.

Thanks!

[Sharker]

i have same problem but with purge and reinstall tracker don't work for me. I am 9.04 on 64 bits and with 8.10 works perfect, i put strace log out with gedit when press open button

read(3, 0x1cfda94, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{"&\0\2\0\3\0\200\4"..., 8}, {NULL, 0}, {""..., 0}], 3) = 8

[AgenT]

PROBLEM:
The default Tracker configuration is set to eat your computer alive! It is not the fault of Tracker, but with the insane default Tracker configuration (whether this is upstream's or Ubuntu's config I do not know).

Everything in the configuration file is set to MAX: including system resources, memory consumption, and speed.

SOLUTION:
1) go to Preferences -> Search and Indexing
2) click the Performance tab
3) set Indexing Speed to at least 10 (the 'slower' the better)!
4) set Resource Usage to "Minimize Memory Usage"
5) click "Apply", then click "OK"
5) logout and log back in again

This fixed it for me!

For reference, I have attached a screenshot of my General and Preference tabs.

UPDATE:
Tracker has many bugs, including the tracker-search-tool not showing correct results, or having the results but not showing them in the results window (the results are all blanks). Too big of a hassle! Also note, Tracker has a bug where it will not correctly read the configuration file which is VERY annoying. You can easily and without a worry remove tracker and all of its components.

[pietro2580]

Yep, removing tracker did the trick!
Thanks guys!

[Ralph Corderoy]

i have same problem but with purge and reinstall tracker don't work for me. I am 9.04 on 64 bits and with 8.10 works perfect, i put strace log out with gedit when press open button

read(3, 0x1cfda94, 4096) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
select(4, [3], [3], NULL, NULL) = 1 (out [3])
writev(3, [{"&\0\2\0\3\0\200\4"..., 8}, {NULL, 0}, {""..., 0}], 3) = 8

A friend's machine was just suffering from this. I tracked (NPI) his case down to a file locking deadlock and raised a bug. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...er/+bug/377899 Perhaps someone may like to read the bug and "Confirm" it if they agree.