Version: ukendt (using 4.1.00 (KDE 4.1.0), Kubuntu packages) Compiler: gcc OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.24-16-generic After typing 3 letters in krunner, it becomes unusable. It freezes for a while, and does not update correctly. I tend to type the word I want, for example 'kontact' and hit return, which appearently opens konqueror.
Can you still reproduce this bug with a recent KDE (4.1.3 / 4.1.4 / 4.2beta2 / 4.2rc1 / 4.2svn) ? Thanks :)
Yes, KRunner is still the #1 reason for getting annoyed with kde 4. The slowness prevents me from opening applications fast, because KRunner insist on not updating the text as I type in it.
What KDE version or revision are you using? What is your normal CPU usage? (maybe there is an app taking too much CPU) You can try disabling some plugins from KRunner (the toolbox icon in the krunner dialog) or leave only the "Applications" and "Command line". Maybe some of the plugins is taking too much time to find possible matches. Thanks :)
I mostly run KDE 4.1.3. There is no significant CPU usage causing this to happen.
Can you reproduce the freeze when only using the "Command line" plugin (with all the others plugin disabled) ?
Yes.
Same problem here with KDE 4.2.0 though, in my case, it's more a matter of command-oriented KRunner freezing for 1-2 seconds when I type the first letter. (With just the Command Line plugin and nothing else)
lags/freezes/timeouts should have become less noticeable with 4.3; with 4.3.4 we fixed a serious bug with respect to pixmap caching which should help a lot when opening/closing the window and in 4.4 this gets even better (provided compositing is enabled). Can you confirm the reported behaviour with a recent version of kde?
Na, let us close this one, krunner has improved vastly!
Confirmed fixed. I'd have said so sooner, but 4.1 and 4.2 were such a pain that I'd gotten in the habit of using gmrum and xbindkeys.
I still have the same/a similar bug in kde: 4.3.90 (KDE 4.3.90 (KDE 4.4 RC1)) qt: 4.6.0 distro: kubuntu 9.10 (with ppa's not default kde) arch: x86_64 gfx-card:radeon (using oss driver) [ATI Technologies Inc RS482 [Radeon Xpress 200M]] linux: 2.6.32(.0) xorg: 7.4+3ubuntu10 xorg: 1.6.5+git20091107+server-1.6-branch.2dbcb06a-0ubuntu0sarvatt~karmic I don't have it quite as badly as Anders (maybe it's a different but related bug), but it will freeze up seemingly at radom making krunner almost unusable. I can consistently trigger it if i type and delete giberish (preferably starting with a program name such as knetworkmanager) for long enough. I was told that the program is less pronounced after longer uptimes but haven't tested that myself.