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auto-refresh performance
Posted: 02 Nov 2008 21:50
by Muroph
lately xy have been using a lot of cpu power just with auto-refresh.
xy is using about 10% on average when on a watched folder, with peaks of 30%.
if i disable auto-refresh, it drops to 0% instantly.
however, on a fresh install, xy's cpu time is much lower (tested side-by-side with my usual install).
so it must be something related to my settings.
can someone help me find which of them?
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 03 Nov 2008 08:35
by admin
Muroph wrote:lately xy have been using a lot of cpu power just with auto-refresh.
xy is using about 10% on average when on a watched folder, with peaks of 30%.
if i disable auto-refresh, it drops to 0% instantly.
however, on a fresh install, xy's cpu time is much lower (tested side-by-side with my usual install).
so it must be something related to my settings.
can someone help me find which of them?
Hmmm, this could be related to the recent fix of the "magical auto-refresh suspend"! I would really like to know the conditions for this to happen. Does this happen only on specific folders?
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 03 Nov 2008 12:01
by admin
admin wrote:Muroph wrote:lately xy have been using a lot of cpu power just with auto-refresh.
xy is using about 10% on average when on a watched folder, with peaks of 30%.
if i disable auto-refresh, it drops to 0% instantly.
however, on a fresh install, xy's cpu time is much lower (tested side-by-side with my usual install).
so it must be something related to my settings.
can someone help me find which of them?
Hmmm, this could be related to the recent fix of the "magical auto-refresh suspend"! I would really like to know the conditions for this to happen. Does this happen only on specific folders?
Did anybody else note this?
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 03 Nov 2008 19:21
by Muroph
admin wrote:Hmmm, this could be related to the recent fix of the "magical auto-refresh suspend"! I would really like to know the conditions for this to happen. Does this happen only on specific folders?
this happens every time i have some file being modified in a watched folder, and it doesn't seem to be restricted to specific folders.
unfortunately, i deleted al my old xy betas a couple days ago, so i can't test it with on other versions.
well, even if i had them, i don't think i'd have much time to test tham this week.
if it helps, my settings for AR are:
-AR enabled (obviously)
-in network locaitons disabled
-no AR on file operations enabled
-tweak to disable AR on backgroung tabs enabled
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 09:34
by admin
Muroph wrote:-tweak to disable AR on backgroung tabs enabled
Uh, what tweak is that?
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 15:41
by Muroph
admin wrote:Muroph wrote:-tweak to disable AR on backgroung tabs enabled
Uh, what tweak is that?
Code: Select all
; Tweak: set to 1 to disable auto-refresh on removable drives and non-current folders
DisableSHChangeNotifyRegister=1
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 17:02
by admin
Muroph wrote:admin wrote:Muroph wrote:-tweak to disable AR on backgroung tabs enabled
Uh, what tweak is that?
Code: Select all
; Tweak: set to 1 to disable auto-refresh on removable drives and non-current folders
DisableSHChangeNotifyRegister=1
Ah! (That's not about background tabs.)
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 17:04
by admin
I'm not able to reproduce it.
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 19:47
by Muroph
admin wrote:Ah! (That's not about background tabs.)
i always thought "non-current folders" = folders opened in tabs not currently being displayed = "background tabs".
anyway, i had a bit of free time today , so i looked for an older xy beta in my cds.
i found a 7.60.smth, and got the same results.
all normal on a fresh install, but high cpu usage with my ini.
i'll try to find the guilty setting myself if i get some more free time this week.
i think it could be something related to list style, icons, etc.
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 05 Nov 2008 19:55
by admin
Muroph wrote:admin wrote:Ah! (That's not about background tabs.)
i always thought "non-current folders" = folders opened in tabs not currently being displayed = "background tabs".
anyway, i had a bit of free time today , so i looked for an older xy beta in my cds.
i found a 7.60.smth, and got the same results.
all normal on a fresh install, but high cpu usage with my ini.
i'll try to find the guilty setting myself if i get some more free time this week.
i think it could be something related to list style, icons, etc.
Good, I'm glad that's the end of my "magical auto-refresh suspend fix theory".
Try to turn off "Show File Info Tips" -- this has often been the culprit...
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 09 Nov 2008 01:38
by Muroph
file info tips didn't make any noticeable difference.
but i found the culprit: icon overlays.
average cpu usage went down to about 1% when i disabled it.
the problem is that i really need icon overlays.
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 09 Nov 2008 09:36
by admin
Muroph wrote:file info tips didn't make any noticeable difference.
but i found the culprit: icon overlays.
average cpu usage went down to about 1% when i disabled it.
the problem is that i really need icon overlays.
Are you using the latest version?? This has been fixed in 7.80...
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 12:39
by Muroph
yep.
using v7.80.0004 right now.
Re: auto-refresh performance
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 12:46
by admin
Muroph wrote:yep.
using v7.80.0004 right now.
And the problem persists?
Any other icon overlay user can confirm this issue?