Wooho! So apparently we needed to apply the optimized libX11 patch for 2013. Someone at the studio had done it for 2012 but whoever installed 2013 forgot to.
Found out via: http://xsisupport.com/2011/07/07/eagain-resource-temporarily-unavailable-for-tmp-x11-unixx0/ which lead me to: http://xsisupport.com/2011/01/19/the-case-of-the-slow-2011-startup-on-fedora-14/ Instead of going with what they say, I took out the "if" conditions and just force the patch to be set always, and it's working great! Thanks Stephen, and everyone else too. On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Xavier Lapointe <[email protected]>wrote: > Or the environment is not the same and XSI is scanning the whole network > for workgroups (I've seen it happened). You can verify that by running an > strace on your pid. > > Cheers > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Angus Davidson > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Alan >> >> We had a similar problem a while ago. Linux Mint setup. In our case it >> was because sometimes our client machine was unable for some unknown reason >> to find the license server. Eventually hard coding the ip address by way >> of putting it in the /etc/hosts file fixed it up.. >> >> Unfortunately we never really resolved what was causing >> the network issues as we were just doing some testing and reformatted the >> machine a month later. >> >> Perhaps try a traceroute on the license server to see if its coming up >> as it should. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Angus >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Alan Fregtman [[email protected]] >> *Sent:* 03 April 2013 05:43 PM >> *To:* XSI Mailing List >> *Subject:* Softimage (Linux) 2013 startup slowness, wth? >> >> Hey guys, >> >> Does anyone know if anything changed in 2013 from 2012 that would cause >> ridiculous startup slowdowns? >> >> At work we have CentOS 6.3. In my particular box 2012 starts relatively >> fast, but 2013 hangs for a very VERY long time (20 minutes to several hours >> sometimes) before showing me a working UI. Both use the same workgroups. >> >> 2013 is mostly idle while this happens. Little to no CPU usage. It's as >> if it's waiting for something. >> >> They reimaged my OS once and it briefly seemed fixed but the issue >> returned. On other computers I don't get such a drastic slowdown, so I'm >> inclined to think it's not something to do with my home folder. Also one >> time for kicks we updated everything (to CentOS 6.4 with all the updates) >> and then it was roughly the same speed between versions again. I could do >> this again but then I'm the only one who's updated and we're trying to keep >> boxes consistent. >> >> Also other people have logged on here and they too experience crazy >> slow startups, so it's not just my user. >> >> Anybody have any idea what sort of madness is messing with my 2013 >> startup? What could be so different?! >> >> Any pointers appreciated. >> Cheers, >> >> -- Alan >> >> This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is >> confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please >> notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or >> disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. >> Only authorised signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf >> of the University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this >> message may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the >> personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the >> views and opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All >> agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South African >> Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. >> >> >> ** >> >> > > > -- > Xavier >
