Still 100% CPU when using Kontact - nearly SOLVED!

[A.J. Bonnema]

On 12/10/13 04:16, Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Friday, October 11, 2013 07:23:27 AM Bas G. Roufs wrote:
> You have any idea how long you've been operating with the same $HOME 
> disk? 

> Reason I ask is that when I moved to 13.10 BETA, I ran into some 
> severe CPU problems with MYSQL and Akonadi and Nepomuk trying to 
> figure things out. Never had the problem in 13.04 but I had other 
> problems like search not working in KMAIL. Today I started from 
> scratch an rebuilt my entire $HOME disk, with a lot of referencing to 
> my old one to determine settings for KMAIL and desktop frills. Now 
> things are working like a charm. When I went into my old $HOME to 
> search for some things, I found that the layout (directory names and 
> organization) were no where NEAR what they are under a clean $HOME. 
> Totally different and I am surprised that the old one ran as well as 
> it did. Just saying.... it might be time to clean house. 

This is actually a very good tip! I think many people have their home 
disk on a separate partition, and just either update or freshly install 
each new version of a distribution. So do I. So when a gui or 
distribution "reorganises:" their part of the configuration directories, 
it usually keeps what ever you have in there from previous versions. 
Thats where the mess comes from.

It might even be a good idea to have the real data on a different 
partition than the "gui-fickle" part of the home directory.
Usually it is the toplevel of the home directory with all the 
configuration files etc in it, that needs refreshing once in a while.
The real data (documents, source, etc) could be on a separate partition.

There is a caveat though. Some of the configuration directories also 
contain real data. For instance .kde has some subdirectory where you 
contacts are hidden. That is in my opinion a design error. You should be 
able to replace a .kde directory without destroying data.
Unfortunately, mozilla / thunderbird / firefox do the same: your local 
mail repo is in a hidden "configuration" directory.

Anyway, with a few caveats, you could separate data from configuration 
and refresh home partition once in awhile.

Anyone else have different idea's?

Guus.