The mystery deepens! The X11 patch makes my Softimage start in a glorious 2 minutes (versus 2 hours), but it breaks RT playback. What the f...?! Why would those be related??
The X version is the same for everyone, yet it's only me who needs the patch. Strange! ***...cue x-files theme...*** On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Alan Fregtman <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >> > >
