On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Michael Joyner wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Michael Joyner wrote: > > > > > Thoughts as to why this is happening? Is there something wrong with > the > > > > > stock LyX build from RedHat/Epel ? >
> one workaround - use --batch-mode which should avoid gui inits. > lyx does not recognize --batch-mode as a command line operator: $ lyx --batch-mode -e pdf2 breast_cancer2.lyx Wrong command line option `--batch-mode'. Exiting. $ lyx -batch-mode -e pdf2 breast_cancer2.lyx Wrong command line option `-batch-mode'. Exiting. > but i dont think it helps much. > more difficult but truly speed-up it to start using pipes > via some script like: > rm file.pdf > send-to-pipe file0open file.lyx > send-to-pipe exort.... > send-to-pipe close-all > > for all files you have.then only one init will be done... > pavel > Don't know what a send-to-pipe is (no such command found via locate), but, these are lyx files that are generated on demand by PHP then immediately converted to PDF for download. FYI: these are being run in a headless environment, no X.
