[4.2.0] Dolphin is very slow
Nikos Chantziaras
realnc at arcor.de
Wed Mar 4 10:24:26 GMT 2009
James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
>> Is it normal that Dolphin is so slow to open directories? For example,
>> when I open /usr/lib in it, it takes about 30 seconds to get the
>> contents listed (in which time Dolphin is completely frozen).
>>
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> No, this is not normal. The time to open a directory is going to depend
> on how much is in the directory and whether or not this triggers a VM
> swap which depends on how much memory you have as well as how fast your
> hardware is.
>
> Does it still take a long time to open a directory with only a few files
> in it?
It was kinda slow even for empty directories. This got fixed after a
reboot and I don't know what triggers this behavior. It wasn't RAM (I
have 6GB of it). With 4.2.1 just around the corner, I guess I won't
pursue this further.
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