[dash] Search is slow and freezes

That sounds like a bad issue. Could you please elaborate on how slow it is? Details on your hardware configuration would help understanding the issue. Are you able to reproduce the freeze situation reliably? Are there certain search terms that trigger this situation? When that happens, could you please attach your ~/.xsession-errors file to this bug report? Thanks!

Olivier,

 When I search it takes a while to display what I am typing. Waiting for the
Dash icons to display might be a way to bypass this, it can be imitated, it
does not keep up with my wpm.

 I have 2.6ghz,and 512MB.

With all due respect,

Jason Odoom
https://launchpad.net/~jasonodoom
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JasonOdoom

Sent from Ubuntu <http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop>.

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:09 AM, Olivier Tilloy <email address hidden> wrote:

> That sounds like a bad issue. Could you please elaborate on how slow it
> is? Details on your hardware configuration would help understanding the
> issue. Are you able to reproduce the freeze situation reliably? Are
> there certain search terms that trigger this situation? When that
> happens, could you please attach your ~/.xsession-errors file to this
> bug report? Thanks!
>
> ** Changed in: unity-2d
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Search is slow and freezes
> + [dash] Search is slow and freezes
>
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> Title:
> [dash] Search is slow and freezes
>
> Status in Unity 2D:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> The search in dash is slow and freezes.
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I've also had this problem, sometimes when searching the screen will freeze for a few seconds, go totally black, and then reappear.

Intel i7, 8GB RAM, 1GB video, so I doubt it's insufficient hardware specs.

Attaching my .xsession-errors file.

This bug was fixed in the package unity-2d - 3.8.10-0ubuntu1

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unity-2d (3.8.10-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Florian Boucault ]
  * debian/unity-2d-launcher.install:
    - do not install launcher/launchermenu.css anylonger as its now shipped as
      part as libunity-2d-private-qml.so using the Qt resource system
  * debian/libunity-2d-private0:
    - move symbolic link to /usr/share/backgrounds/warty-final-ubuntu.png from
      /usr/share/unity-2d/places/artwork to /usr/share/unity-2d
  * debian/control:
    - add pkg-config as a build dependency

  [ Didier Roche ]
  * New upstream release:
    - FTBFS due to erroneous check on libwnck (LP: #800550)
    - [dash] Search is slow and freezes (LP: #774569)
    - Some community lenses do not display anything - UnityHorizontalRenderer
      not implemented (LP: #790319)
    - [underthehood] the ListAggregatorModel class is not unit tested
      (LP: #794482)
    - Missing a GConf schema file for the /desktop/unity-2d/… keys
      (LP: #750303)
    - [dash] home screen search hint should be 'Search' (LP: #797825)
  * debian/unity-2d.gconf-defaults,
    debian/20_ubuntu-2d-gconf-default:
    - transition some gconf keys from session-wide to system-wide
      (LP: #797672, #797676)
  * debian/control:
    - ensure we are still using gtk2 indicator for alpha2 (LP: #804938)
    - bump standards-version
 -- Didier Roche <email address hidden> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 11:05:54 +0200

Same problem in 3d!