QGIS startup is slow on windows with --configpath option

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Author Name: Regis Haubourg (@haubourg)
Original Redmine Issue: 11845
Affected QGIS version: 2.6.0
Redmine category:project_loading/saving

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Hi all,
we experience very slow startup (from 1 to 5 minutes) on windows with QGIS 2.x (last test with 2.6.1) when using remote profiles with @--configpath@ option.
Whole topic and process monitor logs are available "here":http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-slow-startup-on-windows-td5177403.html.
This is related to QGIS trying to create files in @C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\@, a system folder dedicated to store offline data, and that has special permissions..

Second startup is sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

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• repetitive_ini_reading_pattern.jpg (Regis Haubourg)

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Author Name: Martin Dobias (@wonder-sk)

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Not sure if this is really QGIS problem. If you use --configpath to an ordinary path on your local disk, would it be still slow?

My impression is that the system/network configuration for your shared folder might be the reason for slowness.

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback

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Author Name: Regis Haubourg (@haubourg)

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I am confuzed, I run the same tests as yesterday, and I have no more that file creation error.
Everything goes well wherever I move qgis profile. Nasty problem.
I will try to reproduce it again..

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Author Name: Regis Haubourg (@haubourg)

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New tests today, problem is back..
I found several things:

• Microsoft CSC cache is due to offline sync of some files. No part of qgis was involved in sync but I disabled sync, and now the error pointing to C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\ disappeared.
  It is now replaced by several errors locating ressources that do not exists.

Among them, I found a repetitive pattern occuring all process life time, and related to QGIS.ini file.
First reading to actual remote_path\.qgis2\QGIS\QGIS2.ini path is OK, but then QGIS tries to read old 1.x QGIS.ini or QGIS2.ini in other locations:

• remote_path\.qgis2\QGIS.ini
• C:\ProgramData\QGIS\QGIS2.ini
• C:\ProgramData\QGIS2.ini

See attached picture repetitive_ini_reading_pattern.jpg

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• 8205 was configured as repetitive_ini_reading_pattern.jpg

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• repetitive_ini_reading_pattern.jpg (Regis Haubourg)

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Author Name: Nathan Woodrow (@NathanW2)

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hmm I'm seeing this now too and it only just started. Very strange. Seeing the same stuff in the logs.

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Author Name: Jürgen Fischer (@jef-n)

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• category_id was configured as Project Loading/Saving
• subject was changed from QGIS startup is slow on windows with --confipath option to QGIS startup is slow on windows with --configpath option

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Open

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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What it the status of this issue when tested against recent qgis releases?

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• status_id was changed from Open to Feedback
• priority_id was changed from High to Normal

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Author Name: Regis Haubourg (@haubourg)

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I think this a nasty issue, hard to reproduce. I would keep that open until that black magic est solved

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• status_id was changed from Feedback to Open

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Author Name: Giovanni Manghi (@gioman)

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• regression was configured as 0
• easy_fix was configured as 0

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Author Name: Regis Haubourg (@haubourg)

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QGIS 3 is arriving as next LTR, and confipath option has changed. Please reopen if necessary

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• status_id was changed from Open to Closed
• description was changed from Hi all,
  we experience very slow startup (from 1 to 5 minutes) on windows with QGIS 2.x (last test with 2.6.1) when using remote profiles with @--configpath@ option.
  Whole topic and process monitor logs are available "here":http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-slow-startup-on-windows-td5177403.html.
  This is related to QGIS trying to create files in @C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\@, a system folder dedicated to store offline data, and that has special permissions..

Second startup is sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

to Hi all,
we experience very slow startup (from 1 to 5 minutes) on windows with QGIS 2.x (last test with 2.6.1) when using remote profiles with @--configpath@ option.
Whole topic and process monitor logs are available "here":http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-slow-startup-on-windows-td5177403.html.
This is related to QGIS trying to create files in @C:\Windows\CSC\v2.0.6\@, a system folder dedicated to store offline data, and that has special permissions..

Second startup is sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

[haubourg]

I reopen this issue, according to this message, this still occurs

[NathanW2]

I don't think it's related to this honestly. I suspect it a few other things. Nyall and I (well mainly Nyall have been looking at some stuff around slow start up times)

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[Pedro-Murteira]

@haubourg Hello, is this still a problem in more recent releases?

[haubourg]

@haubourg Hello, is this still a problem in more recent releases?

No idea, I dropped Windows so I lost my user's feedbacks . Maybe we can close again..

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