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how do i get answers to my questions? – theresao44, on September 20, 2008 12:21

Thanks - we do have a bug for that in our system, http://bugzilla.pculture.org/show_bug... and one of the developers is looking at it.

If you add yourself to the cc list on that bug - then you will get updates when it is fixed and if we can come up w/ a workaround for it.

Hi Jed,
I don't see how to attach the full log file, email me directly and I'll send it to you, it just crashed again seconds ago. I can DL outside of Miro OK sometimes. The apparent success of Pan's idea was merely hollow appearance. Everything is stalled and won't download. But at least it does show the most recent episodes now. Still what the log show is massive time outs all across the board, which does not make sense since it does DL most things most of the time. well, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll cut and paste the end of the log, which seems to sum it up, but if you want the whole thing please mail me and I'll attach the complete file.

thanks!
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2008-08-28 21:48:18,803 INFO failed() called; generating crash report.
2008-08-28 21:48:19,030 INFO ----- CRASH REPORT (DANGER CAN HAPPEN) -----
2008-08-28 21:48:19,030 INFO App: Miro
Publisher: Participatory Culture Foundation
Platform: gtk-x11
Python: 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Jul 31 2008, 17:28:52) [GCC 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu7)]
Py Path: ['/usr/bin', '/usr/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/lib/python2.5', '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5', '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0', '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0']
Version: 1.2.7
Serial: 20080816000
Revision: https://svn.participatoryculture.org/... - 7721
Builder: pbuilder@mercury
Build Time: 1219097993.31
Time: Thu Aug 28 21:48:19 2008
When: When running external movie data program

Exception
---------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/miro/moviedata.py", line 119, in threadLoop
stdout = self.runMovieDataProgram(commandLine, env)
File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/miro/moviedata.py", line 145, in runMovieDataProgram
startupinfo=util.no_console_startupinfo())
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 594, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/subprocess.py", line 1147, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Call stack
----------

Threads
-------
Current: Movie Data Thread
Active:
- MainThread
- ThreadPool - 2 [Daemon]
- ThreadPool - 1 [Daemon]
- ThreadPool - 0 [Daemon]
- Movie Data Thread [Daemon]
- Event Loop

2008-08-28 21:48:19,030 INFO ----- END OF CRASH REPORT -----

Can you download from rev3 directly - outside of Miro? Also - can you post the crash log here?

I've downloaded today from Revision3 channel the latest update (30.07.) http://revision3.com/rev3gazette/feed...

I've sometimes the problem that the feeds were not updated. The only fix was to remove and readd them. Don't know what that causes.

A little extra information: The fix worked, but only one time. After I restarted it returned to its slow speed. So I went direct to the site to check for an update and found one, which did improve the speed somewhat, maybe 25%. So now I am up to date, but still loading slow. I do find it interesting that the information above did improve it that one time when it loaded in about 5-8 seconds. Or could it be that I have preload and prelink installed and enabled so that it holds it ready to restart and.... but that doesn't make sense. Hmm, i just closed and restarted : about 30 seconds on startup. you be the judge. Since I don't consider this anything like critical I don't sweat it, but obviously some people have higher expectations than I do. Or at least a shorter attention span. – nobodie, on August 14, 2008 14:42

Can't speak for anybody else, but on my Vista installation, Miro takes around 30 seconds to startup. I don't think it's a processing power issue or somethink like that, as other - in my eyes more demanding - applications load quite fast.

If you read the instructions it was merely a matter of DLing (through apt-get) some other dependencies that are not needed for the operation of the program. I didn't have to compile from source at all. And I didn't. If you need to, however, maybe you should look at the instructions. I find compiling from source to be rather easy, compared to the work that the developers do to create a program like this. I respect their work and their time (thus I happily answer for Rick who has other stuff going on no doubt). Anyway, the solution that he directed me to works for me and might for you as well, if you try it. – nobodie, on August 05, 2008 11:28

I think compiling from source is no valid solution for end users. – elmargol, on August 05, 2008 10:23

I am not sure who your reply is directed to. Rick's solution worked perfectly for me and startup now runs about 3-4 seconds as it should. Maybe you have some other issues? perhaps a separate post would get an answer that would help, or perhaps you don't want an answer? – nobodie, on August 05, 2008 09:46

bullshit – elmargol, on August 05, 2008 07:36

Bingo, exactly what the doctor ordered ( to mix a metaphor) Thanks so much! – nobodie, on August 04, 2008 22:58

Everyone that needs to be is aware of this. It's being worked on and will improve greatly in the not so distant feature...

Try following the instructions on this page: https://develop.participatoryculture....

For more answers to these types of questions, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions at http://www.getmiro.com/documentation/...

Starting Miro takes longer then my operating system to boot.