Another possibility is a very large .RData file in the directory where you're starting R. You can try
Rgui --no-restore (I don't have windows, so I'm not sure if this an option with RGui, though I know it is with R.) --sundar On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Gabor Grothendieck <ggrothendi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Its under 5 seconds on my Vista laptop. Do you have any startup files? If > Rgui --vanilla > is much faster then your startup files are the problem. > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 11:45 AM, FMH <kagba2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Thank you for your answer. I'm using Win XP with 2GB RAM in memory. >> >> Cheers >> Fir >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: stephen sefick <ssef...@gmail.com> >> To: FMH <kagba2...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: r-help@r-project.org >> Sent: Fri, October 2, 2009 4:38:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [R] How to speed up R with version 2.9.2? >> >> You're fine, but please do read the posting guide. What OS etc. >> Where you doing anything else on the computer? Is this a RAM >> limitation? I have 2.9.2 running on two flavours of linux, mac os x >> and windows all 2.9.2 and there doesn't seem to be a problem. >> regards, >> >> Stephen >> >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:35 AM, FMH <kagba2...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> Dear All, >>> >>> I'm sorry if my question does not suit with this R group. >>> >>> I have recently installed R software with version 2.9.2, but i found the >>> program took almost 1 minute as soon as it was opened, before it can be >>> used. However, the previous version 2.9.1 only take few seconds after the >>> menu bar was clicked. This circumstance has caused me to wait for couple of >>> minutes as several R windows were opened simultaneously. >>> >>> Are there any ways to speed up on this 2.9.2 version? Could someone give >>> some hints, please? >>> >>> Thank you >>> Fir >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Stephen Sefick >> >> Let's not spend our time and resources thinking about things that are >> so little or so large that all they really do for us is puff us up and >> make us feel like gods. We are mammals, and have not exhausted the >> annoying little problems of being mammals. >> >> -K. Mullis >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
