Re: (SOLVED) KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
On Mon, 31 May 2004 22:43:02 +0200, Xaveer Leijtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Xaveer Leijtens [Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:42 +0200]: > Any other suggestions? you could try strace and/or ltrace with -r or -c options, to see if that gives a hint what is making gvim take so long to start. also, does the problem happen when you log with a newly created user? -- Adeodato Simó Thanks! The strace didn't help, but since the fresh user didn't suffer my problems, I removed my gtk/gnome config files (kde configs had already been changed) which solved the problem. Times are now around 0.7 seconds! Thanks to all who replied. Xaveer I've run into performance issues since upgrading to the latest unstable KDE as well. But I'd rather do something else than create another user and copy config files over. There has to be some other way than to just hose the files and start over. I don't use FAM and I disabled arts, but to no effect.
(SOLVED) KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
> * Xaveer Leijtens [Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:42 +0200]: > > > Any other suggestions? > > you could try strace and/or ltrace with -r or -c options, to see if > that gives a hint what is making gvim take so long to start. > > also, does the problem happen when you log with a newly created user? > > -- > Adeodato Simó Thanks! The strace didn't help, but since the fresh user didn't suffer my problems, I removed my gtk/gnome config files (kde configs had already been changed) which solved the problem. Times are now around 0.7 seconds! Thanks to all who replied. Xaveer
Re: KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
Month ago there was a thread that famd wasn't necessary anymore. KDE has is own or something like that. So delete it. I don't have installed. Johnny On Monday 31 May 2004 03:19, Michael Montagne wrote: > Try killing famd. That is giving me consistent problems with > konqueror and I'm not even sure what it does. > > >On 05/31/04, Adeodato Sim? busted out the keyboard and typed: > > > > * Xaveer Leijtens [Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:42 +0200]: > > > Any other suggestions? > > > > you could try strace and/or ltrace with -r or -c options, to see if > > that gives a hint what is making gvim take so long to start. > > > > also, does the problem happen when you log with a newly created user? > > -- > Michael Montagne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.themontagnes.com -- Johnny Geling
Re: KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
Try killing famd. That is giving me consistent problems with konqueror and I'm not even sure what it does. >On 05/31/04, Adeodato Sim? busted out the keyboard and typed: > * Xaveer Leijtens [Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:42 +0200]: > > > Any other suggestions? > > you could try strace and/or ltrace with -r or -c options, to see if > that gives a hint what is making gvim take so long to start. > > also, does the problem happen when you log with a newly created user? -- Michael Montagne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.themontagnes.com
Re: KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
* Xaveer Leijtens [Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:42 +0200]: > Any other suggestions? you could try strace and/or ltrace with -r or -c options, to see if that gives a hint what is making gvim take so long to start. also, does the problem happen when you log with a newly created user? -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary. -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
Re: KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
Ralf Liebig wrote on 29-May-2004: > Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > When I start gvim from konsole in KDE (3.2.2), it takes between 2 > > seconds and sometimes over 1 minute(!) to start. Most of the time it > > takes around 7 seconds. I have a laptop 1.2 GHz, 512 ram and this > > happens also if no swap has been used. It is slow on starting other > > applications as well, but my editor should really be snappy, so for gvim > > it hurts most. When I use blackbox with the same kernel (2.6.5), it > > starts within 1.5 seconds, which is OK. Plain vim starts immediately. > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion? > I had similar problems. In my case it was a malfunction or an old wrong > configuration from artsd. When I stopped and disabled the arts-daemon > everything went fine again. > Try "top" and look if arts gives you full CPU-usage when you start an > application. > > I still havn't found a solution to get along with artsd... => sad story for > an entusiastic KDE-User :( Tried your suggestion: gvim took 36 seconds to start, but no increase in CPU usage for artsd. Still, I tested without artsd running, but no improvement. I did see famd taking quite a bit of CPU while gvim was starting, but also stopping famd didn't help (40 seconds for starting gvim). Just to show some examples of values I just got (it times until the window appears): [rood] time gvim asdf real0m3.326s user0m1.264s sys 0m0.188s [rood] time gvim asdf real0m4.385s user0m1.236s sys 0m0.215s [rood] time gvim asdf real0m3.286s user0m1.245s sys 0m0.200s [rood] time gvim asdf real0m39.808s user0m1.313s sys 0m0.284s [rood] time gvim adsf real1m32.903s user0m1.401s sys 0m0.424s When I read about the improved performance of both kernel 2.6 and KDE 3.2, it doesn't match my experience! Any other suggestions? Thanks, Xaveer
Re: KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > Hi, > > When I start gvim from konsole in KDE (3.2.2), it takes between 2 > seconds and sometimes over 1 minute(!) to start. Most of the time it > takes around 7 seconds. I have a laptop 1.2 GHz, 512 ram and this > happens also if no swap has been used. It is slow on starting other > applications as well, but my editor should really be snappy, so for gvim > it hurts most. When I use blackbox with the same kernel (2.6.5), it > starts within 1.5 seconds, which is OK. Plain vim starts immediately. > > Does anyone have a suggestion? I had similar problems. In my case it was a malfunction or an old wrong configuration from artsd. When I stopped and disabled the arts-daemon everything went fine again. Try "top" and look if arts gives you full CPU-usage when you start an application. I still havn't found a solution to get along with artsd... => sad story for an entusiastic KDE-User :( Kind regards, Ralf
KDE 3.2.2 slow in starting applications
Hi, When I start gvim from konsole in KDE (3.2.2), it takes between 2 seconds and sometimes over 1 minute(!) to start. Most of the time it takes around 7 seconds. I have a laptop 1.2 GHz, 512 ram and this happens also if no swap has been used. It is slow on starting other applications as well, but my editor should really be snappy, so for gvim it hurts most. When I use blackbox with the same kernel (2.6.5), it starts within 1.5 seconds, which is OK. Plain vim starts immediately. Does anyone have a suggestion? Xaveer
