From: Don A. <don...@co...> - 2007-08-04 15:16:29
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Something odd is definitely going on here. There was no upgrade between 2.2.7 and 2.2.8, so that should not be a problem. My guess is the problem is the amount of RAM on the systems. When you use the .gramps format, GRAMPS must keep *all* data in memory at once. So, if you have more data than you have available RAM, the system will dramatically slow down. Does the slow machine have less RAM than the faster machine? Don On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 16:38 +0200, bm...@ca... wrote: > Quoting Joel Parker <jj...@ms...>: >=20 > > My wife and I are working with a database in Gramps XML format, so we > > can share the file without the grdb hassles. > > > > The database has about 700 individuals, along with maybe 50 media links > > (some of which are broken, if that matters). I'm using 2.2.8 on Ubuntu, > > and she's using 2.2.7 on Windows XP. >=20 > You should use the same version. 2.2.8 corrects not saved privacy setting= s on > save to xml >=20 > > On Windows with 2.2.7, she's getting load times of maybe 90 seconds to > > open the file (that's after the app has loaded, I do File->Open from > > there). On Ubuntu with 2.2.8, I get load times of a full 11 minutes at > > 100% CPU, sometimes ending in a "This file is either corrupt or not a > > Gramps file" message (and sometimes completing successfully). >=20 > I have seen this with .grdb file, but never with .gramps file. > If you open an empty grdb file, and do import of xml file, is it faster? >=20 > Is this 11 min load times always? >=20 > I do not remember, but perhaps there is a database upgrade from 2.2.7=20 > to 2.2.8, > you should start gramps from the command line and see if some special upg= rade > messages pass by. I would however expect database upgrade issues not to p= lay a > role when working with xml files.... >=20 > > > > My computer is a 3GHz P4, while hers is a ~1.8GHz Pentium M, but I doub= t > > that would make a difference that large. >=20 > hmm, you said you had the slow load times, so the 3GHz would be slower=20 > than the > 1.8, no ? Anyway, there should be no difference between the two. >=20 > > > > Any idea what's causing this discrepancy? > > > > > > > > -- > > Joel Parker > > >=20 > Benny >=20 >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users |