Aside from regularly installing updates I've made no changes - but the problem went away for no apparent reason. I guess I'll never know what was causing the delay.
On Sun, 7 Dec 2014 09:29:56 +0200 shimi <linux...@shimi.net> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Shlomo Solomon > <shlomo.solo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I tried running ps -A before clicking, a few times during the 4 > > minute wait and after the GUI started. I then used diff to compare. > > The only change I found during the wait was an additional > > kworker/2:0 (there were already over 20 kworker processes running). > > Could this be significant? I haven't yet run strace as you > > suggested. > > > > > Highly doubt it. kworker are kernel threads... not userspace > programs... > > > > When the GUI started, I found a MageiaUpdate process and an > > additional drakrpm-update process (for a total of 2). I assume the > > first one is responsible for the periodic check if new updates are > > available. > > > > > So it seems that the process is indeed not launched for the 4 > minutes. My next suggestion would be to run 'ps auxf' (or pstree?) > after the package manager has launched, and hopefully you'll see > *which* process runs your update processes (the parent); At this > point I would assume the issue is there. First, check which package > it belongs to and verify you're running latest update for this > package (you don't want to mess with already-fixed-bugs). Then, > assuming you're up-to-date and the issue remains, strace -f this > process, and only then click whatever you click there - to see which > system calls it does between the time you click what you click, and > the package manager going up. Perhaps this process waits on something > before it starts the actual update manager... > > -- Shimi -- Shlomo Solomon http://the-solomons.net Sent by Claws Mail 3.11.1 - KDE 4.12.15 - LINUX Mageia 4 _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
