Re: convert taking system resources, long time

da.mihi.sis.bubulae.frustrum.assae.solana.tuberosa.in.modo.gallico.fricta.ac.quassum.lactatum.coagulatum.crassum@imagemagick.org 
wrote:
> Can you install from source?  If so, grab the latest release and install.
> Are you getting reasonable run times?  If not, rerun the configure script and
> add --disable-openmp to the command line and reinstall.  What about now
Are you suggesting that this could be a problem with the current 
ImageMagick install? I could believe anything now, but 18 seconds 
compared to 1/2 second is pretty extreme.

The message I got back from the support staff late last night stated:

    /"I apologize but as a single core VPS this does look to be the
    correct amount of time. Keep in mind that any other processes you
    have running will slow this down also."/


I have ROOT on the server, probably can but I have never done anything 
like this. System administration is not my skillset, sorry. With 
verbatim instructions I could be walked through it.  Here is what it 
looks like if I log in as root:

[/usr/bin]# ls -l | grep convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       27745 Feb  3 03:04 convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root        4880 Jan 13 22:09 jv-convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       46608 Jan  6  2007 libglade-convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root        3670 Jan 29 12:47 mysql_convert_table_format
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root        5896 Nov 30 15:34 pure-pwconvert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       13336 Mar 14  2007 rsvg-convert
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root       12408 Jan  6  2007 sfconvert

Is it possible to rename everything related to convert and do an 
install, test, then clean up afterwards?

Thx, Bob