Re: [gentoo-user] Opera invocation very slow with KDE 3.2
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 19:47:53 +, Paul Oldham growled: > On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:20:19 +, Andrew Farmer growled: > >> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:35:22 -0800, Paul Oldham muttered: >> >>> 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 " 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. [...] >>> >>> 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. > > God 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. Further investigation revealed that the fonts were in ~/.kde/fonts rather than being installed via the font installer in KDE3.2. So I removed all the fonts from ~/.kde/fonts and re-installed them using the KDE3.2 font installer and it's now getting going in a reasonable time. Result. Thanks Andrew. -- 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
Re: [gentoo-user] Opera invocation very slow with KDE 3.2
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 18:20:19 +, 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 " 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. God 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
Re: [gentoo-user] Opera invocation very slow with KDE 3.2
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 " 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. -- Andrew Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Opera invocation very slow with KDE 3.2
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 " 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? -- Paul -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
