Re: Slow startup at various times

[bvdp]

xahlee@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Aug 13, 10:37 am, bvdp <b...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi. I'm using emacs 22.1.1 on Ubuntu. I've got a fairly fast computer
> > (Athalon X2 4800) and 2 gig of ram. I don't believe my problem is a slow
> > cpu or disk caching.
> >
> > Most of the time emacs just starts. Fast, clean, nice.
> >
> > But sometimes there is a delay of 30 to 60 seconds. I assume it is doing
> > "something", but by the time time I start up a monitor to check cpu
> > usage, it's running :)
> >
> > Any pointers on why this is happening and what to do to avoid.
>
> Typically such random occuring startup delay has to do with networks.
> Do you have anything in your “.emacs” that access remote disk or
> domain name? or perhaps a loading a ftp connection in your last
> desktop session?

No, nothing like that which I can see. I've never done anything 
resembling ftp or remote access in emacs.

And, an earlier suggestion to use strace will not work either since this 
is a random thing.

I'm really wondering if it could be a "cleanup" operation of one of the 
cache files or something. But, I find it hard to believe that this would 
take 30 to 60 seconds .... I do have all my backups going into a single 
dir (/home/bob/.backups) and it appears to maintain about 500 files ... 
could that be it?

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