| Re: IDL slow to load command prompt [message #62807] |
Fri, 03 October 2008 18:10 |
David Klassen
Messages: 27
Registered: December 2004
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On Oct 3, 2:02 pm, Brian Larsen <balar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The first thing that pops into mind is a license server issue...
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> do you get anything on the screen?
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> I get:
> [balarsen@LarsenLaptop]~> idl
> IDL Version 6.4.1, Mac OS X (darwin i386 m32). (c) 2007, ITT Visual
> Information Solutions
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> and if the license server is down or unresponsive (which is on the
> same machine) then it can take a long while. The other reason for me
> it takes a while is starting X but on Linux that should not be an
> issue.
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> Others think differently?
Mine is kinda slow (not 20 seconds slow, but like 8--10)
but that's because I have a *huge* IDLPATH search that
has to happen. That is, I define it with just the top
level with a + at the end and that top level has LOTS
of sublevels.
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| Re: IDL slow to load command prompt [message #62808 is a reply to message #62807] |
Fri, 03 October 2008 10:36  |
Kenneth P. Bowman
Messages: 585
Registered: May 2000
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In article
<0a97df68-348e-4b6d-a63f-0b465b1ec401@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
dismays@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
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> When I type idl at the command line it takes about 20 seconds for the
> IDL> prompt to come up. Is this just a problem with the computer?
> Or is there something I can do to speed this up? It is IDL Version
> 6.2 (linux x86 m32).
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> Thanks!
> Leila
IDL searches through the directories in your search path at
startup and caches the results. This can take a while if the
search tree is large or the directories are mounted from
a remote server.
If you have a large source tree in your search path, you
could test whether that is the problem by temporarily removing
part or all of it from your search path and starting IDL.
You can also use PATH_CACHE to update your cache and see
how long that takes.
Ken Bowman
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| Re: IDL slow to load command prompt [message #62812 is a reply to message #62808] |
Fri, 03 October 2008 11:02 |
Brian Larsen
Messages: 270
Registered: June 2006
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The first thing that pops into mind is a license server issue...
do you get anything on the screen?
I get:
[balarsen@LarsenLaptop]~> idl
IDL Version 6.4.1, Mac OS X (darwin i386 m32). (c) 2007, ITT Visual
Information Solutions
and if the license server is down or unresponsive (which is on the
same machine) then it can take a long while. The other reason for me
it takes a while is starting X but on Linux that should not be an
issue.
Others think differently?
Brian
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