> From: David Shochat <shoch...@yahoo.com>
> To: pan-users@nongnu.org
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:25:39 PM
> Subject: [Pan-users] Re: Pan brings PC to a standstill
>
> On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:27:24 -0700, walt wrote:
> > Well, two points.
> >
> [snip]
> > Second, at-spi-registryd. Unless you know you need it (and if you do
> > need it you already know it) use the Assistive Technologies Preferences
> > applet to disable it.
>
> BINGO!!!
>
> I believe you (and Keith who got me thinking about daemons) have finally
> solved this longstanding problem. Actually, I had not found the
> preference so I removed the at-spi package altogether. Now that I have
> found the preference, I may try reinstalling the package but disabling
> the feature, which is what you were suggesting. I wanted to make sure
> there was no way that daemon would run. So now we have a new question:
> What exactly does the "assistive technologies" daemon do, and why does is
> it so poisonous to pan? I guess that was 2 questions. I know that the
> reason I had this was so that I could run GOK (GNOME On-screen Keyboard)
> which I was only using so I could see foreign keyboard layouts, which can
> now be done in other ways. When I removed at-spi, it forced removal of
> GOK. Maybe when this is on, the event loop has to check constantly to see
> whether one of the virtual keys has been pressed and if so, generate a
> keypress event. Anyway, I really think there's hope now that someone will
> come up with a full explanation.
> -- David
My heartfelt thanks to all who figured this out.
On Ubuntu 8.10, I clicked System / Preferences / Assistive
Technologies, and unchecked "Enable Assistive Technologies".
Not long after that I rebooted for other reasons. I don't know
if the reboot was required or not, but the next time after that
that I started Pan, the standstill problem seemed to be cured.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Alan
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