#6046 HIGH Update.: browse is slow after update from ship.2 to update.1 or joyride

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#6046: browse is slow after update from ship.2 to update.1 or joyride
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  Reporter:  erikos           |       Owner:  erikos                      
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                         
  Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Update.1                    
 Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:                              
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  rainbow-integration, upgrade
  Verified:  0                |    Blocking:                              
 Blockedby:                   |  
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Comment(by erikos):

 More tests:

 The fc-cache -r made browse faster but it was still slower to a machine
 with a clean install, sysprof showed that the machine is still in the
 fontconfig loop. After turning the machine off at night and restarting in
 the morning both were at the same browse loading pages speed.
 {{{
 - A: 653->690
     check: browse is slow
     fc-cache -r: faster but not as fast
     shutdown and restart in the morning: as fast, no lookups for
 fontconfig anymore
 }}}

 Test if rebooting after the fc-cache -r helps. Does not look like.
 {{{
  - A: 653->690
     check: slow
     fc-cache -r (sudo): faster but still fontconfig a bottleneck
 (~/.fontconfig is present before doing the fc-cache not after invoking the
 command)
     shutdown and start: still fontconfig loop in strace
                         i made a copy of /var/cache/fontconfig before
 restart and diff shows that /var/cache/fontconfig has not been changed
 during the restart
     fc-cache -f: creates ~/.fontconfig which diff claims to be the same
 than /var/cache/fontconfig, still slower after that change
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6046#comment:21>
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