Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 12 February 2020 12:23:26 kaye n wrote: > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:27 PM André Carezia wrote: > > Try: > > > > hdparm -t /dev/sda > > Just curious, > > After executing: > sudo apt install hdparm > > Why - > hdparm -t /dev/sda > bash: hdparm: command not found It was likely

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 01:23:26AM +0800, kaye n wrote: > Just curious, > > After executing: > sudo apt install hdparm > > Why - > hdparm -t /dev/sda > bash: hdparm: command not found sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread kaye n
On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:27 PM André Carezia wrote: > > Try: > > hdparm -t /dev/sda > Just curious, After executing: sudo apt install hdparm Why - hdparm -t /dev/sda bash: hdparm: command not found

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 12 Feb 2020 08:27:14 -0300 André Carezia wrote: Hello André, >hdparm -t /dev/sda Reports; /dev/sda: Timing buffered disk reads: 216 MB in 3.02 seconds = 71.64 MB/sec and for comparison /dev/sdb: Timing buffered disk reads: 224 MB in 3.01 seconds = 74.51 MB/sec Drives are Western

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-12 Thread André Carezia
> Em 7 de fev de 2020, às 06:22, Brad Rogers escreveu: > > [...] > Here, everything else loads faster than LO, all from the same drive. So, > whilst I agree that drive technology/speed may well be a factor, it's > almost certainly not all matters. Try: hdparm -t /dev/sda -- André Carezia

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:28:59 +0800 kaye n wrote: > *So, how long does it take to load the second time?* > About 4 seconds. > > After doing this: > > > *kaye@laptop:~$ sudo suroot@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* > Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then?

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 16:25:28 -0800 Patrick Bartek wrote: Hello Patrick, >Well, a slow dual core CPU is certainly a problem with today's >software. And everything else you say about older tech, speed, etc. noted. Thus far, the only real issue is the slow load of LO, first time. For the sort of

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread kaye n
*So, how long does it take to load the second time?* About 4 seconds. After doing this: *kaye@laptop:~$ sudo suroot@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches* Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then? Should I replace it soon? *Drives? Presumably Patrick's fancy system

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 20:02:57 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:45:43 -0800 > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > Hello Patrick, > > >On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + > >Brad Rogers wrote: > >> I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I was going to > >I use version 6.1.

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:45:43 -0800 Patrick Bartek wrote: Hello Patrick, >On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + >Brad Rogers wrote: >> I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I was going to >I use version 6.1. When I load via the "libreoffice" menu item, I get >a window that lists all

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:09:15 + Joe wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + > Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 > > kaye n wrote: > > > > Hello kaye, > > > > >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian > > >system to > > > > At

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 > kaye n wrote: > > Hello kaye, > > >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian > >system to > > At least. As you say, subsequent starts are much faster. > > I note that

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Ralph Katz
On 2/6/20 8:27 PM, kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution.  If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. FWIW, on my laptop with a similar configuration, it takes 6 seconds to open LO initially. i3-7130U CPU @ 2.70GHz 8Gb memory/ 2.2Gb

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Curt
On 2020-02-07, kaye n wrote: > > I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian system to > open LibreOffice. Mine does. My Debian is: > Seems excessive. (Here it's molasses too, but "only" 20 seconds.) All I can think of to suggest is to try starting LO from the command

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:09:15 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >Drives? Presumably Patrick's fancy system uses SSD, maybe the OP has >real hard drives. Here, everything else loads faster than LO, all from the same drive. So, whilst I agree that drive technology/speed may well be a factor, it's

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-07 Thread Joe
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 06:45:43 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 > kaye n wrote: > > Hello kaye, > > >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian > >system to > > At least. As you say, subsequent starts are much faster. > > I note that

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 kaye n wrote: Hello kaye, >I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian >system to At least. As you say, subsequent starts are much faster. I note that Patrick says his starts in 3 or 4 secs. I was going to suggest that he's using the

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-06 Thread tomas
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 11:27:49AM +0800, kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution. If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. > Thank you Try, before you start LO the second time, flushing all caches and buffers (as root): sync &&

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 11:27:49 +0800 kaye n wrote: > By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution. If I close > libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. > Thank you So, how long does it take to load the second time? B > On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:17 AM kaye n

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-06 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 10:17:09 +0800 kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian system to > open LibreOffice. Mine does. My Debian is: No. Initially, after a reboot, so all RAM was cleared of buffered apps, the LibreOffice "Start" panel

Re: LibreOffice takes about 35 seconds to fully open

2020-02-06 Thread kaye n
By the way, it only takes 35 seconds on the first execution. If I close libreoffice, and open i again, it's really not so slow. Thank you On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:17 AM kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > I was just wondering if it takes about 35 seconds for your Debian system > to open