[arch-general] TK related GUI program run VERY slow, any idea?

[Jelle van der Waa]

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 1:11 PM, <goodmenzy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all
>
>  I found that on my arch (64bit), GUI program which use TK lib runs versy
> slow,
> and it also suspend the KDE for a long time to response to the keyboard.
>
>  I found that when those program begin, the hard disk LED blink many many
> times.
>
>    The example of that program is amsn  and gitk.
>
> Any one have the same phenomena? or anyone have some idea about it?
>
>
>   TK package version is 8.5.11-1, seems the most recently version.
>
> Thanks for any response!
>
> Gitk works fine for me, although my own repo can be a bit small for a
comparison test. So can you figure out if the problems are I/O bound or CPU?
Are you loading a big ~2Gb repo with gitk or just a small one?

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Jelle van der Waa