gtkpod very slow after every click

[Catapult]

Binary package hint: gtkpod

Using ubuntu version 8.10 (Ibex), gtkpod 0.99.12-3 (from ubuntu repo)

Everytime I click on something in gtkpod, it takes up 100% of CPU power and is unresponsive for ten seconds or so. The slowdown happens everytime I click something inside gtkpod. What's going on?

I've used gtkpod before (in older ubuntu version), and I like it. I wish it could work.. 99.9 % of files on iPod are mp3.

I tried running gtkpod from the terminal. Here's the printout for both.
Quote:
:~$ sudo apt-get install gtkpod
[sudo] password for jeph:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
mp3gain faad faac lame
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gtkpod
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/844kB of archives.
After this operation, 3109kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
gtkpod
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Selecting previously deselected package gtkpod.
(Reading database ... 102589 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking gtkpod (from .../gtkpod_0.99.12-3_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up gtkpod (0.99.12-3) ...

hanzj@hanzj-desktop:~$ gtkpod

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

(gtkpod:10887): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting an adjustment with non-zero page size is deprecated

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

** (gtkpod:10887): CRITICAL **: sha1_sha1_exists: assertion `sha1' failed

[Catapult (ubunt2+launchpad)]

sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdc: 30.0 GB, 30005821440 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3648 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x20202020

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 10 80293+ 0 Empty
/dev/sdc2 11 3648 29222235 b W95 FAT32

[Luke Clements (i-am-luke08)]

I too have this problem, and confirm it using the latest gtkpod on Intrepid Ibex (32bit). I have recompiled from source and the same problem occurs as before, however now it does not display the same messages in the terminal. I am now getting

** (gtkpod:21767): WARNING **: iTunesDB and ArtworkDB artwork sizes inconsistent (100000+2 != 25721)
** (gtkpod:21767): WARNING **: iTunesDB and ArtworkDB artwork sizes inconsistent (100000+2 != 50050)
** (gtkpod:21767): WARNING **: iTunesDB and ArtworkDB artwork sizes inconsistent (0+0 != 15678)

about 300+ times. This is the only message I am getting however.
I believe it may be hardy/ibex that is causing this, as it was fine in gutsy.

[Didi Kohen (kohen-d)]

Known problem, there is a fix being worked on in the svn of the project.

[Didi Kohen (kohen-d)]

In SVN, you are welcome to test it.

[Catapult (ubunt2+launchpad)]

David or Linux experts:
I'm a newbie with Linux. How do i get the"SVN"? What should I type in terminal? Please explain step-by-step. Thank you.

Newbie C.

[Maia Everett (linneris)]

David, any chance a patch could be backported for 0.99.12 and 0.99.14?

[Catapult (ubunt2+launchpad)]

By the way, I'm on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackelope. Please tell me what to do in order to use gtkpod without this slowness problem.

[Derek White (d-man97)]

Linked the upstream bug report.

For the non-svn patch that was submitted to gtkpod's sourceforge bug tracker, the direct d/l link is:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=67873&atid=519275&file_id=327399&aid=2793093

It was originally a *.diff file. As the poster says: "I would have patch current SVN, but this is currently not working for me."

If you get it to work (either from SVN or from the source/*.diff), I'd recommend chiming in on SF and giving your comments.

[JC Hulce (soaringsky)]

This bug has been marked as Fix Committed for over a year. If the fix has made it into Ubuntu, please mark this bug as Fix Released. If the fix has been released upstream, but not Ubuntu, create a new bug asking for the new version and tag it with upgrade-software-version. If this bug has not been fixed anywhere, change the status back to Confirmed.