KDE4 slow

[Hans-J. Ullrich]

> Additionally, there is a problem with a lot of kio_http processes (search
> after it in the bugreports), which is dramatically slowing down the machine
> (especially older ones).

> Cheers
>
> Hans-J. Ullrich

Additionally information: I tested a little bit, and could prove, the 
mentioned kio_http processes are the reason, for slowing down the computer. On 
my slower 32-bit system, graphical acceleration (for example when watching tv) 
is dramatically slowing down. The video is no more fluent.

At the same time, many kio_http processes appear.

What is causing these processes? Well, one application is konqueror. You can 
prove it by killing all kio_http, then start konqueror, and bang, they appear! 

You can safely kill them, it has no effect. 


The other application is kmail. I found out, they appear, when using imap in 
kmail. Running kmail as normal let nothing happen, but when accessing to an 
imap mailbox (mine is at AOL), bang, lots of processes appear, and the system 
is slowing down. 


A third thing I still could not find out: When starting kde4 for the first 
time, it is a long time reading or writing something to the hard drive. This 
behaviour only appears on my slower system with the 512MB RAM, my 64-bit 
system with 2GB and dual-core cpu does not show this.Maybe 512MB might be too 
less for kde4, as my 64-bit system shows 725MB in use.

Hope, this helps a little bit.


Hans-J. Ullrich