GDM starts slooow

Phrodo_00 · 2006-05-16 02:58:48

Hi, my gdm takes like 30s just starting the greeter, does anybody know why it takes so long? (and btw, why is gdmsetup missing?).
here it is my /opt/gnome/etc/gdm/custom.conf

[daemon]
Greeter=/opt/gnome/libexec/gdmgreeter

[security]

[xdmcp]

[gui]

[greeter]
Browser=true
GraphicalTheme=EarthLights

[chooser]

[debug]

[servers]
0:Standard

and my /opt/gnome/etc/gdm/PreSession/Default:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Note that any setup should come before the sessreg command as
# that must be 'exec'ed for the pid to be correct (sessreg uses the parent
# pid)
#
# Note that output goes into the .xsession-errors file for easy debugging
#
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin"
OLD_IFS=$IFS

gdmwhich () {
  COMMAND="$1"
  OUTPUT=
  IFS=:
  for dir in $PATH
  do
    if test -x "$dir/$COMMAND" ; then
      if test "x$OUTPUT" = "x" ; then
        OUTPUT="$dir/$COMMAND"
      fi
    fi
  done
  IFS=$OLD_IFS
  echo "$OUTPUT"
}

# Set background color
XSETROOT=`gdmwhich xsetroot`
if [ "x$XSETROOT" != "x" ] ; then

        CHECKBACKCOLOR="OK"
        if [ "x$GDM_GREETER_TYPE" = "xTHEMED" ]; then
                BACKCOLOR=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/GraphicalThemedColor"`

                CHECKBACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^([^ ]*) .*$/1/'`
                if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" = "xOK" ]; then
                        BACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^.* (.*)$/1/'`
                else
                        BACKCOLOR=""
                fi
        fi

        # If we tried to load the themed backgroundcolor, but failed, then try loading plain color
        if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" != "xOK" ] || [ "x$GDM_GREETER_TYPE" = "xPLAIN" ]; then

                # Background type can be 0=None, 1=Image & Color, 2=Color, or 3=Image
                BACKTYPE=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/BackgroundType"`

                # Skip if background type does not include a color
                if [ "x$BACKTYPE" = "xOK 1" ] || [ "x$BACKTYPE" = "xOK 2" ]; then
                        BACKCOLOR=`gdmflexiserver --command="GET_CONFIG greeter/BackgroundColor"`

                        CHECKBACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^([^ ]*) .*$/1/'`
                        if [ "x$CHECKBACKCOLOR" = "xOK" ]; then
                                BACKCOLOR=`echo $BACKCOLOR | sed 's/^.* (.*)$/1/'`
                        else
                                BACKCOLOR=""
                        fi
                fi
        fi

        # Default value
        if [ "x$BACKCOLOR" = "x" ]; then
                BACKCOLOR="#76848F"
        fi

        "$XSETROOT" -cursor_name left_ptr -solid "$BACKCOLOR"
fi


SESSREG=`gdmwhich sessreg`
if [ "x$SESSREG" != "x" ] ; then
        # some output for easy debugging
        echo "$0: Registering your session with wtmp and utmp"
        echo "$0: running: $SESSREG -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "$X_SERVERS" -h "$REMOTE_HOST" -l "$DISPLAY" "$USER""

        exec "$SESSREG" -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "$X_SERVERS" -h "$REMOTE_HOST" -l "$DISPLAY" "$USER"
        # this is not reached
fi

# some output for easy debugging
echo "$0: could not find the sessreg utility, cannot update wtmp and utmp"
exit 0

kill · 2006-05-16 04:49:09

Phrodo_00 wrote:

why is gdmsetup missing?

It is not missing it's located in /opt/gnome/sbin which is not added to your path by default.

ScriptDevil · 2006-05-16 05:59:15

Also gdm is sometimes tiring.If u are using only one de/wm try startx it is fast and good

Blaasvis · 2006-05-16 08:04:49

make sure your hostname adres is in /etc/hosts/

Moo-Crumpus · 2006-05-16 08:48:55

This happened to me from time to time. Mostly, gdm was installed, configured and working well for month, and suddenly fell into laziness. Therefore, I don't think the given tips are somehow helpfull. I remember reinstalling gdm didn't help either. As I had to suffer from some bad kernel 2.6 bugs that broke my system completely, I had to reinstall archlinux from time to time. My gdm is in a good mood these days, and I hope it will be in the future.

I had the idea that some fancy gdm themes could be blamed, but since then I rarely use them, and never tracked this thought.

Titus · 2006-05-16 09:21:04

what is your /etc/rc.conf file??
may be some modules start slow from time to time can you paste it here?

Phrodo_00 · 2006-05-16 22:52:00

Blaasvis wrote:

make sure your hostname adres is in /etc/hosts/

you mean something like what I have:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
or like this?:
127.0.0.1 wintermute
(wintermute is my hostname btw)

Titus wrote:

what is your /etc/rc.conf file??
may be some modules start slow from time to time can you paste it here?

I'm using hwd for the modules, and I gdm is at the end of the whole thing as I believed it was because of other daemons starting in the background, however here it is (I erased the comments so they don't get in teh way):

LOCALE=es_CL.utf8
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE=America/Santiago
KEYMAP=es
CONSOLEFONT=default8x16.psfu.gz
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
MODULES=(fuse)
USELVM="no"
HOSTNAME="wintermute"
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !hotplug hwd !pcmcia network ntpd netfs alsa portmap fam crond samba hal sensors sshd acpid gdm)

elapointe · 2006-05-17 03:15:14

Your problem seem your font cache... Use "fc-update"

Blaasvis · 2006-05-17 09:44:49

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