[GNC] file save over network taking very long time

[Geert Janssens]

Op vrijdag 31 augustus 2018 21:46:31 CEST schreef Morris Walton:
> I've got many years worth of data saved in an xml file. I'm running 2.7.4
> on gentoo. With the amount of data i have, I'm not surprised it's getting
> slower, but saves that are initiated when i shell/x into the box from
> outside the home network are taking hours.  This long lag seemed to start
> happening sometime last year (my lastest build from gentoo was 2018-02-03,
> and I think it started happening around that time).  my upstream b/w is
> somewhere around 40mbps, which is better than what it was when it was
> saving at a decent speed.
> 
> If I had to guess, i'd say it was taking that long because gnome/graphics
> wants to draw that progress circle? I can't say for sure but it seemed like
> before it was drawing the circle, and saving at "at home rate."
> 
> Anybody got any ideas on what is going on, and how to remedy?
> 

Other users have reported slow saves as well. There's even a bug report:
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795804

It does seem to be related to gui refreshes indeed. Suggested workarounds are 
to minimize the application while saving (but then it's hard to tell when it's 
done), reducing screen resolution or making the main window as small as 
possible.

Regards,

Geert