Re: Startup time poll

[Dan Espen <dane mk telcordia com>]

muppet <scott asofyet org> writes:
> If you happen to have Gtk2 and Time::HiRes installed, please run this 
> script a few times, and post your first-run time as well as a typical 
> value from a few later runs.[1]  Your OS, system speed and amount of 
> ram, and also whether you're using local or remote display, will be 
> helpful for context.

I'm shooting for slowest:

Mandrake Linux 8.1 (2.4.8) with current Xorg (6.8.1).

> cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 7
model name      : Pentium III (Katmai)
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 498.868
cache size      : 512 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips        : 992.87

Local display

home> ./startup.pl

time to load Glib 1.061: 0.216s
time to load Gtk2 1.061: 0.996s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.175s
total startup time:      1.387s
   Glib built for 2.4.7, running with 2.6.0
   Gtk2 built for 2.4.13, running with 2.6.1

home> ./startup.pl

time to load Glib 1.061: 0.040s
time to load Gtk2 1.061: 0.126s
time for Gtk2->init:     0.041s
total startup time:      0.207s
   Glib built for 2.4.7, running with 2.6.0
   Gtk2 built for 2.4.13, running with 2.6.1

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Dan Espen                           E-mail: dane mk telcordia com