GCA hangs on startup

johndallman · 11-09-2013, 05:10 PM

I got impatient with GCA, and killed it with Task Manager. Now when I start it, I get to select a dataset, then it goes unresponsive, The menu bar has appeared, and there's a large white rectangle in the screen centre. It's taking 98% CPU, and has been for half an hour on my latest try. I tried rebooting Windows (XPsp3), but I get the same afterwards.

Any ideas? I am not skilled in GCA maintenance; my mind doesn't seem to work the right way for it, so please don't assume I have done something that is obvious.

johndallman · 11-09-2013, 06:32 PM

It got better by itself after another half-hour. Oh, well.

RogerBW · 11-10-2013, 03:24 AM

If that was on the truly huge Torg dataset from http://tekeli.li/torg/, it takes ages to read all the data files and build the fast-load.

johndallman · 11-10-2013, 05:22 AM

It was. This afternoon, wedging the character into the points.

11-09-2013, 05:10 PM	#1
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	GCA hangs on startup I got impatient with GCA, and killed it with Task Manager. Now when I start it, I get to select a dataset, then it goes unresponsive, The menu bar has appeared, and there's a large white rectangle in the screen centre. It's taking 98% CPU, and has been for half an hour on my latest try. I tried rebooting Windows (XPsp3), but I get the same afterwards. Any ideas? I am not skilled in GCA maintenance; my mind doesn't seem to work the right way for it, so please don't assume I have done something that is obvious.

11-09-2013, 06:32 PM	#2
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: GCA hangs on startup It got better by itself after another half-hour. Oh, well.

11-10-2013, 03:24 AM	#3
RogerBW Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: near London, UK	Re: GCA hangs on startup If that was on the truly huge Torg dataset from http://tekeli.li/torg/, it takes ages to read all the data files and build the fast-load. __________________ Podcast: Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice Gaming stuff here: Tekeli-li! Blog; Webcomic Laager and Limehouse Buy things by me on Warehouse 23

11-10-2013, 05:22 AM	#4
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: GCA hangs on startup It was. This afternoon, wedging the character into the points.