Re: Very Long Wait for the Kernel after Reboot
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- Subject: [mg87960] Re: Very Long Wait for the Kernel after Reboot
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:26:34 -0400 (EDT)
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- Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>
Louis A. Talman wrote: > I'm running v6.0.1 of Mathematica under Mac OS X v10.4.11 with 1 GB > of RAM on a three-year-old flat panel PowerPC G5 iMac. The first > time I try to evaluate a Mathematica instruction after rebooting the > computer, it takes a very long time to load the kernel (I once timed > it at five minutes, and it seems to be getting longer, but I haven't > timed it again so that might just be frustration). Subsequent > sessions with Mathematica don't require nearly as long (though it > still seems unreasonably long) to get the kernel up and running---as > long as I haven't rebooted. > > Is this normal for my configuration? Does anyone have an explanation? One thing to check is your anti-virus software. Try temporarily disabling it and see if that fixed the problem. If it does, turn the anti-virus software back on and try adding the Mathematica installation directory to the anti-virus exclusions. -- Helen Read University of Vermont