[GRASS-user] grass startup slowness

[Vincent Bain]

Thank you Markus,

yes indeed g.extension -a would return a long list of duplicate
modules.

for i in `g.extension -a | sort | uniq`;do g.extension extension=$i;
done

and again grass starts lighting-fast !




Le mardi 08 octobre 2019 à 12:30 +0200, Markus Neteler a écrit :
> Dear Vincent,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 11:48 AM Vincent Bain <bain at toraval.fr> wrote:
> > Dear GRASS users/devs,
> > 
> > working with a weekly compiled GRASS GIS (against Git repository),
> > for
> > a couple of days now, I am experiencing a distinct drop in grass
> > GUI
> > startup speed, without any noticeable error, nor any change in my
> > build
> > configuration. The splash screen remains visible for nearly 1
> > minute
> > before layer manager and map display appear.
> > 
> > What could I do to find what is going wrong ? is there a way to
> > change
> > the level of verbosity of the startup procedure ?
> 
> Most likely you have (several) addons installed?
> 
> If so:
> There was a bug in g.extension for some weeks which generated
> multiple
> entries in the addons metadata file.
> The fastest way to get rid of this issue is
> 
> - get list of locally installed addons
> - delete $HOME/.grass7/addons
> - reinstall the desired addons.
> 
> Then speed will be back.
> 
> Best
> Markus