xfdesktop eating cpu?

[moore.bryan]

is anyone else having this problem? for about two days now, xfdesktop takes forever to load (3-5 minutes) and then eats cpu (100%) for about ten minutes. any ideas where i can start debugging this?

[Lampi]

try to find out what application is causing this:

enter "top" in terminal and observe ... the one you are looking for is taking the most and highest cpu time, so it stays on the first row most of the time.

[kerry_s]

have you checked your ~/.xsession-errors

just had a thought is xfce4-settings-helper running?

[moore.bryan]

try to find out what application is causing this:

enter "top" in terminal and observe ... the one you are looking for is taking the most and highest cpu time, so it stays on the first row most of the time.

yup, first thing i did... "xfdesktop" is hogging all the memory.

have you checked your ~/.xsession-errors

just had a thought is xfce4-settings-helper running?

never even thought of checking ~/.xsession-errors! i'll have to check that when i get home from work. i think i have xfce4-settings-helper disabled at startup; why, is that a known issue?

[kerry_s]

i think i have xfce4-settings-helper disabled at startup; why, is that a known issue?

hmm, funny thing mines unchecked to, but it is running in session.
i don't think it matters but i'm running debian xfce4, not xubuntu.

[moore.bryan]

the truly funny thing is i'm also not running xubuntu, but debian squeeze with xfce 4.6.1!

i simply posted in both forums because i seem to get better answers here!

[kerry_s]

the truly funny thing is i'm also not running xubuntu, but debian squeeze with xfce 4.6.1!

i simply posted in both forums because i seem to get better answers here!

then help you will get my friend, cause were on the same page.
also if you change "squeeze" to "testing" you'll have a true rolling release.

[moore.bryan]

isn't squeeze the same thing as testing? i'm still having the xfdeskop hogging issue.
many thanks for the help!

also, can anyone explain why i have five or more xfdesktops listed by top at all times?

[kerry_s]

isn't squeeze the same thing as testing? i'm still having the xfdeskop hogging issue.
many thanks for the help!

yes, it is but squeeze will eventually become stable, when that happens you will eventually be running stable, if you use testing it will always be testing no matter what the next name is. that's the idea of a rolling release, just install once and update from then on. not a big thing you got years to think about it.

for the hogging issue, what i would do is change to the failsafe terminal at the log in screen, remove the .xfce4 folder, uninstall xfdesktop completely, then reinstall it. see if that helps.

are you running any effects?

[moore.bryan]

yes, it is but squeeze will eventually become stable, when that happens you will eventually be running stable, if you use testing it will always be testing no matter what the next name is. that's the idea of a rolling release, just install once and update from then on. not a big thing you got years to think about it.

for the hogging issue, what i would do is change to the failsafe terminal at the log in screen, remove the .xfce4 folder, uninstall xfdesktop completely, then reinstall it. see if that helps.

are you running any effects?

ah, that makes sense. i don't have my sources set for squeeze, as it turns-out; instead, they're set as testing.

i'll try your suggestion... my ~/.xsession-errors file looked pretty screwy to me; i've put it here for anyone's perusal.