On 18/09/16 12:37, Nigel Verity wrote: > I have 4 machines with a similar Ubuntu configuration. On one of them a > particular application (Gambas IDE) takes about a minute to fire up > while on the others around 3 seconds is the norm. All other applications > start normally on the offending machine, so it would not appear to be a > system-wide issue. > > > Running the executable from the command line doesn't produce any > messages to show what might be going on. I've looked at all the log > files I can find and there is nothing relating to the launching of the > gambas3 executable. It's quite possible, of course, that I have missed > the relevant log file. > > > I'd appreciate some advice about which log file ought to give me some > information and/or perhaps a way of starting the application which > forces the generation of detailed log messages.
Most things get logged to /var/log/syslog, so that should be your first port of call after checking any application-specific log files. If you want to start an application with more detailed log messages, you can usually add one or more -v arguments, e.g. gedit -vvv Not all programs support this though - it's more common for command line programs than those with a graphical interface. -- Paul Waring Freelance consultant https://www.pwaring.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
