So far I have seen this issue on VMWare WS 7 and ESX 5. I haven't tested on physical hardware yet but maybe the issue happens there as well, I will try to test it.
Installed a default sles10sp4-64 (default kernel) in a VM and things were fine, performance in Gnome is normal, i.e. desktop loads in a normal time and apps start OK, terminal prompt can be shown almost immediately etc.
I applied all current patches, but now, showing the desktop is much slower, and launching any application (even terminal) takes *much* longer for the first-time launch. e.g. terminal can take several seconds to launch the first time, but is faster thereafter. "top" shows high CPU util of related processes (whichever process I happen to be launching).
I haven't done much testing at a text console (i.e. outside of the GUI) so I can't say if the performance issue is a global one or just confined to the GUI environment.
Thanks if anyone has any hints, and I will try to test on physical hardware as well.
Installed a default sles10sp4-64 (default kernel) in a VM and things were fine, performance in Gnome is normal, i.e. desktop loads in a normal time and apps start OK, terminal prompt can be shown almost immediately etc.
I applied all current patches, but now, showing the desktop is much slower, and launching any application (even terminal) takes *much* longer for the first-time launch. e.g. terminal can take several seconds to launch the first time, but is faster thereafter. "top" shows high CPU util of related processes (whichever process I happen to be launching).
I haven't done much testing at a text console (i.e. outside of the GUI) so I can't say if the performance issue is a global one or just confined to the GUI environment.
Thanks if anyone has any hints, and I will try to test on physical hardware as well.