Gnucash 2.4.10-1 Windows +MySQL GUI now hangs at various places... almost becoming UNUSABLE!

[Geert Janssens]

Op woensdag 14 maart 2012 09:17:16 schreef David Carlson:
> Is the existence of (2) instances of gconfd-2.exe really a significant
> factor to this problem?  I am using the same version of GnuCash in
> Windows 7 Pro 64 bit with no hanging problem.  There are (2) 32 bit
> instances on my machine too.  There are also (3) instances of
> plugin-container.exe 32 bit associated with Firefox, as well as several
> instances rundl32.exe.
> 
> I will assert that the multiple instances are simply a minor
> inefficiency resulting from the particular way the code is generated
> rather than a major problem.  It might even be desired to insulate some
> code from some other code.
> 
> BTW, I am not using any flavor of SQL with this program.
> 
> David C

The way I understand the code, it is indeed normal on Windows to have 2 gconf 
instances, one being a wrapper around the other. So I doubt this is the cause 
per se of the extremely slow behaviour.

The biggest changes between 2.4.8 and 2.4.10 from a Windows point of view is 
that a number of support libraries were updated (libgtk, libguile,...). So the 
chances are that one of these libraries is responsible for the delays.

My gut feeling would tell me this is network related though (possibly 
introduced with the newer libraries). Delays like that are typical for network 
time-outs.

Geert