Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Stephan Witt]

Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com:

 On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 
 Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
 am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
 directory.
 
 
 LyX Version 2.1.3
 (Friday, February 06, 2015)
 
 Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
 User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
 
 --
 
 Scott
 
 See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
 directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
 directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe and 
 it did not recognize it.
 
 C:\Users\bobcd ~
 The system cannot find the path specified.

LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

Stephan

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:37:30AM +0200, Daniel CLEMENT wrote:
 Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
  
   1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
   I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
   opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
  
  
  This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
  
  Bob
  
 Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
 directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
 list?

Bob are you subscribed to lyx-users? I just want to make sure you got
Daniel's suggestion (see the quote above), which I think is a good one
to check.

Besides that, I'm really not sure what to suggest. On Linux figuring out
what LyX is trying to access (even if it does not exist) would be a
simple exercise of using 'strace', or even when you see the scanning be
done just run 'lsof'. I do not know much about Windows though.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 08:03:00AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
 Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com:
 
  On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
  
  Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
  am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
  directory.
  
  
  LyX Version 2.1.3
  (Friday, February 06, 2015)
  
  Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
  User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
  
  --
  
  Scott
  
  See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
  directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
  directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
  and it did not recognize it.
  
  C:\Users\bobcd ~
  The system cannot find the path specified.
 
 LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

You could search all drives for the folder LyX2.1.

The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.




I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace 
command to run Lyx.


Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps 
cygwin is not that well integrated into the windows operating system so 
it does not report internal Windows system calls??


Bob

Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:

--- Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options 
(V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx

---end comment

$ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
System Trace
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2


--- comment
then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the 
scan of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. 
After I exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.

 end comment

$ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
--- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B

bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
$

--comment
I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got 
essentially the same result as shown above. The process number was 
different but the memory address of the exception was the same.

--- end comment

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
 caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
 how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

 Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.



 I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace command
 to run Lyx.

 Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps cygwin is
 not that well integrated into the windows operating system so it does not
 report internal Windows system calls??

 Bob

 Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:

 --- Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options
 (V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx
 ---end comment

 $ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
 strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
 System Trace
 Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2


 --- comment
 then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the scan
 of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. After I
 exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.
  end comment

 $ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
 --- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B

 bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
 $

 --comment
 I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got essentially
 the same result as shown above. The process number was different but the
 memory address of the exception was the same.
 --- end comment

I have no experience using Cygwin so I don't have any other ideas on
this strategy. You might be right that it's hard for strace to follow
native Windows system calls.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote:

 You could search all drives for the folder LyX2.1.

I just wanted to make sure you saw this idea (I didn't see a reply to
it). We still have not ruled out that the user folder could be on the
flash drive for some strange reason.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Stephan Witt]

Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com:

 On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 
 Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
 am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
 directory.
 
 
 LyX Version 2.1.3
 (Friday, February 06, 2015)
 
 Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
 User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
 
 --
 
 Scott
 
 See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
 directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
 directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe and 
 it did not recognize it.
 
 C:\Users\bobcd ~
 The system cannot find the path specified.

LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

Stephan

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 08:03:00AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
 Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com:
 
  On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
  
  Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
  am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
  directory.
  
  
  LyX Version 2.1.3
  (Friday, February 06, 2015)
  
  Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
  User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
  
  --
  
  Scott
  
  See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
  directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
  directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
  and it did not recognize it.
  
  C:\Users\bobcd ~
  The system cannot find the path specified.
 
 LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

You could search all drives for the folder LyX2.1.

The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:37:30AM +0200, Daniel CLEMENT wrote:
 Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
  
   1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
   I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
   opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
  
  
  This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
  
  Bob
  
 Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
 directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
 list?

Bob are you subscribed to lyx-users? I just want to make sure you got
Daniel's suggestion (see the quote above), which I think is a good one
to check.

Besides that, I'm really not sure what to suggest. On Linux figuring out
what LyX is trying to access (even if it does not exist) would be a
simple exercise of using 'strace', or even when you see the scanning be
done just run 'lsof'. I do not know much about Windows though.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:
 On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:

 The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
 caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
 how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

 Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.



 I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace command
 to run Lyx.

 Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps cygwin is
 not that well integrated into the windows operating system so it does not
 report internal Windows system calls??

 Bob

 Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:

 --- Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options
 (V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx
 ---end comment

 $ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
 strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
 System Trace
 Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2


 --- comment
 then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the scan
 of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. After I
 exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.
  end comment

 $ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
 --- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B

 bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
 $

 --comment
 I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got essentially
 the same result as shown above. The process number was different but the
 memory address of the exception was the same.
 --- end comment

I have no experience using Cygwin so I don't have any other ideas on
this strategy. You might be right that it's hard for strace to follow
native Windows system calls.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak skost...@lyx.org wrote:

 You could search all drives for the folder LyX2.1.

I just wanted to make sure you saw this idea (I didn't see a reply to
it). We still have not ruled out that the user folder could be on the
flash drive for some strange reason.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.




I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace 
command to run Lyx.


Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps 
cygwin is not that well integrated into the windows operating system so 
it does not report internal Windows system calls??


Bob

Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:

--- Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options 
(V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx

---end comment

$ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
System Trace
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2


--- comment
then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the 
scan of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. 
After I exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.

 end comment

$ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
--- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B

bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
$

--comment
I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got 
essentially the same result as shown above. The process number was 
different but the memory address of the exception was the same.

--- end comment

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Stephan Witt]

Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez :

> On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> 
>> Can you please go to Help > About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
>> am particularly interested in the "Library directory" and "User
>> directory".
>> 
> 
> LyX Version 2.1.3
> (Friday, February 06, 2015)
> 
> Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
> User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
> 
> --
> 
> Scott
> 
> See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
> directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
> directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe and 
> it did not recognize it.
> 
> C:\Users\bob>cd ~
> The system cannot find the path specified.

LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

Stephan

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 07:37:30AM +0200, Daniel CLEMENT wrote:
> Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
> > >
> > > 1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
> > > I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
> > > opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
> > >
> > 
> > This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
> > 
> > Bob
> > 
> Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
> directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
> list?

Bob are you subscribed to lyx-users? I just want to make sure you got
Daniel's suggestion (see the quote above), which I think is a good one
to check.

Besides that, I'm really not sure what to suggest. On Linux figuring out
what LyX is trying to access (even if it does not exist) would be a
simple exercise of using 'strace', or even when you see the scanning be
done just run 'lsof'. I do not know much about Windows though.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 08:03:00AM +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:
> Am 10.07.2015 um 07:54 schrieb Bob Alvarez :
> 
> > On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > 
> >> Can you please go to Help > About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
> >> am particularly interested in the "Library directory" and "User
> >> directory".
> >> 
> > 
> > LyX Version 2.1.3
> > (Friday, February 06, 2015)
> > 
> > Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
> > User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
> > See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
> > directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
> > directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
> > and it did not recognize it.
> > 
> > C:\Users\bob>cd ~
> > The system cannot find the path specified.
> 
> LyX does the substitution of ~ with the home directory itself at runtime.

You could search all drives for the folder "LyX2.1".

The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.

Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.




I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace 
command to run Lyx.


Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps 
cygwin is not that well integrated into the windows operating system so 
it does not report internal Windows system calls??


Bob

Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:

---> Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options 
(V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx

--->end comment

$ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
System Trace
Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2


---> comment
then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the 
scan of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. 
After I exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.

> end comment

$ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
--- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B

bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
$

-->comment
I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got 
essentially the same result as shown above. The process number was 
different but the memory address of the exception was the same.

---> end comment

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I did look on the 'recent files' list. None are on the flash drive.

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Bob Alvarez  wrote:
> On 7/10/15 4:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
>
>> The only other idea is that maybe Qt (a GUI toolkit that LyX uses) is
>> caching something on your flash drive. Again, I have no idea on Windows
>> how find this out. 'strace' would be what I would use on Linux.
>>
>> Please keep us updated on this if you figure out the mystery.
>>
>
>
> I have cygwin installed on my computer so I tried using its strace command
> to run Lyx.
>
> Unfortunately, this was not very edifying, at least to me. Perhaps cygwin is
> not that well integrated into the windows operating system so it does not
> report internal Windows system calls??
>
> Bob
>
> Here is a capture of the commands and output with my comments:
>
> ---> Comment: first I tried to run Lyx with strace using some options
> (V=version, d=debug). It just gave the version without running Lyx
> --->end comment
>
> $ strace -Vd /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
> strace (cygwin) 1.7.35
> System Trace
> Copyright (C) 2000 - 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
>
>
> ---> comment
> then I used strace without any options. Now it did run Lyx, I got the scan
> of the flash drive but there was no output while Lyx was running. After I
> exited Lyx (File|exit) I got the few lines of output shown below.
> > end comment
>
> $ strace /cygdrive/c/PROGRA~2//LYX2~1.1//bin//lyx.exe P58BH3recon2.lyx
> --- Process 1080, exception 401f at 77A4129B
>
> bob@ivy /cygdrive/l/Projects/Blog/Posts/P58BH3recon2
> $
>
> -->comment
> I tried re-directing the output of the strace command but got essentially
> the same result as shown above. The process number was different but the
> memory address of the exception was the same.
> ---> end comment

I have no experience using Cygwin so I don't have any other ideas on
this strategy. You might be right that it's hard for strace to follow
native Windows system calls.

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:

> You could search all drives for the folder "LyX2.1".

I just wanted to make sure you saw this idea (I didn't see a reply to
it). We still have not ruled out that the user folder could be on the
flash drive for some strange reason.

Scott

:yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

TIA

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
 has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
 computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
 try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

 Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

 How can I stop it from doing this?

 Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

 On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?


Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott


Hi Scott

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it

2. The flash drive is I:\ but I am not opening a Lyx file on that drive
when I see the scanning. For what it's worth, the Lyx files are usually
on the L:\ drive.

3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
on L:\

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it



This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:17:28AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
 3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
 computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
 on L:\

A drive L just for LyX files? You are a dedicated LyX user :)

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:53:53AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
 
 
 1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
 I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
 opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
 
 
 This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
 
 Bob

Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
directory.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
 
  1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
  I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
  opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
 
 
 This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
 
 Bob
 
Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
list?
-- 
Daniel CLEMENT

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
directory.



LyX Version 2.1.3
(Friday, February 06, 2015)

Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\

--

Scott

See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
and it did not recognize it.


C:\Users\bobcd ~
The system cannot find the path specified.

Bob

:yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

TIA

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

 On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?


Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott


Hi Scott

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it

2. The flash drive is I:\ but I am not opening a Lyx file on that drive
when I see the scanning. For what it's worth, the Lyx files are usually
on the L:\ drive.

3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
on L:\

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it



This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
directory.



LyX Version 2.1.3
(Friday, February 06, 2015)

Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\

--

Scott

See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
and it did not recognize it.


C:\Users\bobcd ~
The system cannot find the path specified.

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
 
  1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
  I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
  opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
 
 
 This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
 
 Bob
 
Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
list?
-- 
Daniel CLEMENT

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez reward...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
 has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
 computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
 try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

 Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

 How can I stop it from doing this?

 Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:53:53AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
 
 
 1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
 I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
 opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
 
 
 This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
 
 Bob

Can you please go to Help  About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the Library directory and User
directory.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:17:28AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
 3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
 computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
 on L:\

A drive L just for LyX files? You are a dedicated LyX user :)

Scott

:yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

TIA

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez  wrote:
> I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
> has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
> computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
> try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.
>
> Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?
>
> How can I stop it from doing this?
>
> Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?

Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Bob Alvarez  wrote:

I have Lyx 2.1.3 on a Windows 7 computer. Since I upgraded to 2.1.3, Lyx
has been very slow to open. I have a flash drive connected to the
computer and I noticed that the activity light starts flashing when I
try to open Lyx and then after it stops,  I see the Lyx window.

Is Lyx scanning my disks when it opens?

How can I stop it from doing this?

Any other ideas on the cause of slow opening?


Hi Bob,

Does this happen every time when you open LyX? LyX does something
special (it runs configure.py) when it is opened for the first time,
so it will help to figure out if the problem is in that script.

What LyX version did you have before you upgraded? Did you also use
that version on the same machine, with Windows 7 and the flash drive?

Where is your flash drive mounted? Meaning, how do you access a disk
that is in there? e.g. E:\ ?

Please respond to the list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), not to me personally.

Best,

Scott


Hi Scott

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it

2. The flash drive is I:\ but I am not opening a Lyx file on that drive
when I see the scanning. For what it's worth, the Lyx files are usually
on the L:\ drive.

3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
on L:\

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it



This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.

Bob

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:17:28AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
> 3. IIRC my previous version was 2.0.6 and it was installed on the same
> computer with the same drive configuration i.e. I:\ flash and most files
> on L:\

A drive L just for LyX files? You are a dedicated LyX user :)

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:53:53AM -0700, Bob Alvarez wrote:
> 
> >
> >1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
> >I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
> >opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
> >
> 
> This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
> 
> Bob

Can you please go to Help > About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the "Library directory" and "User
directory".

Best,

Scott

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Daniel CLEMENT]

Le jeudi 09 juillet 2015 à 10:53 -0700, Bob Alvarez a écrit :
> >
> > 1. I usually turn my computer off at night. I see the disk scanning when
> > I first start Lyx after the computer has been off. After the first
> > opening, I do not see the scanning if I close Lyx and then re-open it
> >
> 
> This is not correct. Lyx seems to scan the flash drive every time I open it.
> 
> Bob
> 
Forgive a trivial suggestion, but could it be that a file was opened
directly from the flash drive, and would still be in the recent files
list?
-- 
Daniel CLEMENT

Re: :yx scanning disks on opening

[Bob Alvarez]

On 7/9/15 3:27 PM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:


Can you please go to Help > About LyX and copy/paste the information? I
am particularly interested in the "Library directory" and "User
directory".



LyX Version 2.1.3
(Friday, February 06, 2015)

Library directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\LyX 2.1\Resources\
User directory: ~\AppData\Roaming\LyX2.1\

--

Scott

See the information above. I do not know how the program uses the user 
directory but AFAIK Windows does not define the ~ symbol as the home 
directory. I tried to use it on the Windows command line program cmd.exe 
and it did not recognize it.


C:\Users\bob>cd ~
The system cannot find the path specified.

Bob