On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:20:19 +0000, Andrew Farmer growled: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:35:22 -0800, Paul Oldham muttered: >> I have Opera set to be my default browser in Evolution, so when I click >> a hyperlink in an email it open it a running instance of Opera. >> >> Since I've gone to KDE3.2 there's now a pause of about 10 seconds >> between clicking the link and Opera starting to move. I've now >> eliminated Evolution from the equation: if I type "opera <url>" from a >> shell there's a ten second pause, just like there is in Evolution, >> before it says "opera: Activated running instance of Opera" and a >> running instance of Opera bursts into life and opens the URL. >> >> I've also tried this with Firebird and opens the URL instantly so it's >> not KDE3.2 per se. It seems to be down to some interaction between >> Opera and KDE3.2 as it wasn't an issue with KDE3.1. >> >> Has anyone else seen this? And do you have a cure? > > Try stracing the program to see if it's waiting for something obvious. > Emerge strace if you don't have it already.
Goooood call. I did that and now I know what's going on. I'm barking up the wrong tree entirely. At the same time that I upgraded to 3.2 I finally got around to installing all my TrueType fonts off my old Windoze PC. I have a *lot* of fonts. According to strace Opera spends most of those ten seconds examining every font I had installed. Sigh. I guess I either un-install the fonts or use Firebird. -- Paul Oldham ----------> http://the-hug.org/paul Milton villager ------> http://www.miltonvillage.org.uk/ and FAQ maintainer ---> http://the-hug.org/paul/camfaq.html "A verbal contract is as binding as the tape it's recorded on" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
