Make sure you run the application with "strace -f -r -o outputfile.txt thegtkprogram", the -r option is handy in this case since it shows the time between syscalls, the -o option is good because it redirects output to a file instead of slowing down because the terminal has to parse a lot of text (so you only get hard disk overhead instead of the terminal program and video drivers doing their slow thing). Also, maybe it is trying to contact a font server? Try to run the X Font Server (xfs) (ps fax to see if it is running already) and make sure you use it in your XOrg/XFree configuration file: in the Files section, you should have a line that says FontPath "unix/:7100" before all other FontPath's; if you have it then try the inverse: comment it out and restart X. While GTK doesn't have lightspeed, it isn't _that_ slow of course :). HTH! El 18/07/06 00:40, Richard Querin escribió: > > > On 7/17/06, *Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx>* > <Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx <mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 22:54:58 EDT, Richard Querin said: > > It's quite possible that the actual pattern of system calls as > reported by > strace is almost the same, but due to disk fragmentation, the > system is > spending lots of time seeking back and forth now. > > Is the disk light on solid when this is happening? > > > > No disk light at all. The cpu monitor is showing full 100% CPU usage > until the app has appeared. > > > > -- Ivan Baldo - ibaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://ibaldo.codigolibre.net/ ICQ 10215364 - Phone/FAX (598) (2) 613 3223. Caldas 1781, Malvin, Montevideo, Uruguay, South America, planet Earth. In favour of world peace and freedom, against U.S.A. and allies!!! Alternatives: ibaldo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - http://go.to/ibaldo _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list