05-14-2019, 11:34 AM
(05-14-2019, 07:56 AM)slujjj Wrote: Thanks for replies and the list of plugins.A randomly lost/corrupt pluginrc file could explain this behavior.
The gimp --verbose start-up and the pluginrc file didn't really tell me anything I could understand or make use of.
I couldn't get the GIMP-Plugin Registry (http://registry.gimp.org) to load.
Sometimes Gimp has a spell (a few days or longer) during which every time it starts up it queries plugins, hence taking quite a while to get going. Then it will have a spell during which it merely initializes plugins each time it starts up, making for a much quicker launch. I can't see any reason for this inconsistency. It doesn't seem to be related to anything I do. If I could find the answer to that, I might be able to stop it querying plugins so often (or ever).
Probably have to try trial and error after all.