Very slow image load in Nautilus

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Hello, I’m currently receiving 15+ second load times when opening folders that contain images in Nautilus. I’ve seen a few threads suggesting that this may be related to not having at-spi2-core installed, but I do already have that installed. Any suggestions I could investigate?

 ╭─s76v2@s76v2 in ~ 
 ╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=542d3ca9-5005-47ad-85d9-21e20ee155e6 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet quiet rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 loglevel=3
    ibt=off
  Desktop: GNOME v: 44.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.1
    Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: System76 model: Thelio Mira v: thelio-mira-r2
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4403
    date: 04/27/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 4
    level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25)
    model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2889 high: 4791 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3822 2: 2200
    3: 2200 4: 3798 5: 3782 6: 4642 7: 2875 8: 2897 9: 2956 10: 2200 11: 2200
    12: 2200 13: 3715 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 3761 17: 2200 18: 4791 19: 2200
    20: 2200 21: 2200 22: 2200 23: 3700 24: 2200 bogomips: 177274
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: PNY
    driver: nvidia v: 535.104.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-08) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2216
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: HD WEBCAM driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 1d6c:0103
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 6000x1440 s-dpi: 79 s-size: 1929x469mm (75.94x18.46")
    s-diag: 1985mm (78.16")
  Monitor-1: DP-0 pos: left res: 2560x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 79
    size: 820x350mm (32.28x13.78") diag: 892mm (35.1") modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: HDMI-0 pos: primary,right res: 3440x1440 hz: 50 dpi: 109
    size: 800x335mm (31.5x13.19") diag: 867mm (34.15") modes: N/A
  Monitor-3: None-1-1 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: PNY
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: HD WEBCAM driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 1d6c:0103
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Razer USA Seiren Mini driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-4:4
    chip-ID: 1532:0531 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.12-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 06:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 495.04 GiB used: 412.23 GiB (83.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: USB 3.0 USB Flash Drive size: 29.28 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.00
    scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 412.23 GiB (88.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 592 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 412.23 GiB (88.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 412.23 GiB (88.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 465.46 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 412.23 GiB (88.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 24 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 53 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 477 Uptime: 2h 3m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 32 GiB
  available: 31.25 GiB used: 11 GiB (35.2%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 Packages:
  pm: pacman pkgs: 1737 libs: 527 tools: pamac,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.1
  default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.29
Garuda (2.6.16-1):
  System install date:     2022-07-03
  Last full system update: 2023-09-03
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager mkinitcpio nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:
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A few additional pieces of info:

latest updates did not help. this issue has been happening to me for at least 3 months, probably 6 months. It is not happening on my other Garuda Gnome machines.

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This issue seems to suggest also setting an environment variable:

You may want to try that

export GTK_A11Y=none
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I’m like 99% sure it works! I’ll report back if issues return.

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Unfortunately that command doesn’t seem to actually have an effect. It seems that the issue actually becomes worse over time, the longer that the computer is booted. Rebooting dramatically reduces the issue for several hours. After a 2 day’s usage, it seems to become unusable, with the load times for opening an image folder in excess of 1 minute. Running export GTK_A11Y=none while it is in this state doesn’t seem to have any effect. Not sure what is going on here exactly.