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mariusmeyer

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 244

GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

Hey guys.

After -Syu'ing to GNOME 2.30 a while back, I started to notice that after entering the username and password and hitting return in GDM login manager, it takes almost 10 seconds for the panel and desktop icons to appear. The mouse cursor (default) shows the clock symbol, hence something is happening during the desktop preparation that's taking a lot of time. With GNOME 2.28 it used to take 1.5 to 2 seconds. Anybody else experiencing this? And is there a way (a log or something) to check exactly which process is taking so long? If more info about my system is needed I'll gladly post it, but as mentioned this was not the case with 2.28.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network @netfs crond @alsa hal wicd gdm)

And yes, my rc.conf hostname appears in /etc/hosts. I also tried to login with .xinitrc and 'startx' instead of GDM, but it takes the same amount of time.

Any help greatly appreciated! ^^

loafer

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From: the pub

Registered: 2009-04-14

Posts: 1,772

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

There's quite a long thread and a bug report about slow logins with gnome.  You'll find it with a quick search.

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mariusmeyer

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From: Norway

Registered: 2009-04-25

Posts: 244

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

Cheers, I did a search a week or so ago on the forums, and did not find anything. Seems I need to improve my search engine skills xP

Thank you

viddak

Member

Registered: 2008-02-27

Posts: 6

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

Hello,

I have the same problem too. For now I don't found a solution for this. The only workaround I do is to launch kdm. With it I can login. I hope this bug will be resolved in the next release.

cesura

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From: Tallinn, Estonia

Registered: 2010-01-23

Posts: 1,867

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

Probably a gdm bug.

Try slim:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Slim

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johnnyg

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Registered: 2010-05-23

Posts: 3

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

Did the OP ever find a solution to this? I'm suffering from the same problem and all my searches are leading nowhere...

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

Registered: 2006-07-05

Posts: 5,941

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Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

it might be this? http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 35#p762235

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johnnyg

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Registered: 2010-05-23

Posts: 3

Re: GNOME 2.30 login takes forever

No, I don't have that message and I am able to actually start gnome.

However, I think I have the same problem as: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=94553
I'm not, however, using ck-launch-session to start gnome-session.