Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It does respond to killing via the task manager or by clicking on the X at the top right - it just takes ages to go away. Douglas Daniel Ridings wrote: > Aha! I see a pattern. > > Lightroom will start once (one time) after a reboot. > > It seems to work as long as it has been started that one time. > > If I exit, and do other things and then try and start it again, it > goes into an infinite loop. > > If I reboot, I can start it (once) again. > > I still feel there is something about java.exe being the culprit. When > I tried to reboot (which was difficult, since Lightroom doesn't > respond to attempts to kill it off) I get a quick message about > java.exe not being able to initialize its dll and then the machine > reboots. > > Daniel > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Daniel Ridings <dlridings@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Oh, it's fast enough. It is just running around in circles (that is, >> it has gone into an infinite loop, hogging the CPU, but never letting >> me do anything). >> >> The Task manager says "it is not responding". Well, I kind of knew that. >> >> I think I have CS3 on this laptop too, so I'm not without backup, but >> I've been pretty happy with Lightroom on my desktop and kind of looked >> forward to using it on the road. Not going to happen. >> >> Best, >> Daniel >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden@me.com> wrote: >> >>> LR 2.3 release candidate is out there now, and I just wonder if that has >>> addressed some of the speed issues. I haven't tried it yet but I am >>> beginning to look at Aperture because LR is so damn slow at times (and I >>> have just moved from PC to Imac to try and get it better!) >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>> Gerry Walden >>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 >>> www.gerrywalden.co.uk >>> www.stockuk.co.uk >>> >>> On 4 Feb 2009, at 08:31, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Update: >>>> >>>> I had been running Lightroom v1 on my laptop. I decided to upgrade to >>>> LR 2 before I left for Malawi. LR 2 runs just fine, but when I opted >>>> to update to 2.2, bam, locked up and wouldn't even let itself be >>>> killed off using the task manager. I had to reboot the machine. >>>> >>>> Needless to say, I uninstalled 2.2 and upgraded back up to 2.0. I'm >>>> staying with that. It works just fine and I can live with the "issues" >>>> introduced by 2.0 better than I can live with the "issues" introduced >>>> by 2.2 :-) Version 2 is running just fine the way it is. >>>> >>>> I think I'll pass on 2.2 on my desktop. >>>> >>>> Daniel >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >