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#1 2014-03-17 14:43:18
- drm00
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Starting Zenity is very slow when not in Gnome/KDE/etc.
Hi all,
i'm using dwm as my window manager, and occasionally open a script that uses zenity to read in text via a text entry box. Sadly, the box takes 6-7 seconds(!) to load when in dwm. When i compare this behavior to the 2 big desktop environments gnome and kde, in gnome, zenity always starts instantly (i suspect all needed libs/themes? are loaded with gnome on startup) and in kde, only the first start takes longer, but then after loading, the following calls are instant (so i suspect the loaded files are cached somewhere by kde).
Is there anything i can do to preload/cache all things that zenity needs in dwm?
Thanks,
drm
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#2 2014-03-17 16:20:42
- x33a
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Re: Starting Zenity is very slow when not in Gnome/KDE/etc.
I am using i3, and zenity starts slowly only on the first launch. Are you sure it starts slowly every time?
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#3 2014-03-17 16:22:08
- drm00
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Re: Starting Zenity is very slow when not in Gnome/KDE/etc.
Yes, same behavior every time. Maybe i3 has a workaround?
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#4 2014-03-17 16:32:03
- x33a
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Re: Starting Zenity is very slow when not in Gnome/KDE/etc.
I doubt if i3 does anything special. You may give i3 a try and see if you can reproduce the issue.
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#5 2014-05-12 08:43:44
- drm00
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Re: Starting Zenity is very slow when not in Gnome/KDE/etc.
Problem solved: dbus wasn't running properly, hence the delay for whatever reason. Zenity now takes ~1 sec to start, just as it does in gnome.
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