Comment 7 for bug 409706

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Pedro Azevedo (pazevedo) wrote : Re: [Bug 409706] Re: gnome-help excessive CPU usage

The OS remains responsive, including the help and logout window.

On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

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>
> Does the applications hangs or it's just use that amount of CPU while
> doing nothing? if it hang could you get a backtrace of that that'd help
> us to see where the issue is. thanks.
>
> ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
>
> ** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
>
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> gnome-help excessive CPU usage
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409706
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> Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> OS: Ubuntu 9.04 fully updated
>
> When I open the "Log Out" window, I can log out, switch user, cancel or
> help. If I press help, the gnome-help window loads immediately, but for the
> following 25 seconds gnome-help uses 100% CPU for no apparent reason.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.28-14-generic i686
>