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#1 2012-11-06 08:48:29

Raqua
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Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Hello.

Since it is now the default solution, I have migrated from initscripts to pure systemd. I have followed wiki and it was relatively painless. Then I upgraded to Gnome 3.6.
Even before the upgrade from Gnome 3.4 to Gnome 3.6 I have noticed that after I type my password into GDM, it takes noticeably long to get to the working environment. Only my wallpaper is visible and my hdd appears to be idle according to the led diode.
So I assume this is a systemd issue.

Tried systemd-analyze blame and it looks like Network manager takes quite a time to start.

I have the same problem in Cinnamon and Gnome shell. Also, in Gnome shell, the bottom hiding notification area is missing, not sure if that is related, but I guess it is not.



I am also using radeon and I see similar modeline records in logs as in this thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=151378

Last edited by Raqua (2012-11-06 08:49:40)

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#2 2012-11-06 14:14:20

Jodell
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Are you sure the notification area is missing? It takes a while to popup when you use the mouse (this is design).  Try using the shortcut 'windows key + m' and see if it shows up.

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#3 2012-11-06 14:16:41

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Well, I tried it and it is definitely not working as before the upgrade. If this has not changed significantly, then it is just not there. I am pretty sure, I have waited at least 3 seconds for it to appear.

But since I use Cinnamon anyway, I do not care really. My problem is the slow start after login. 
Thank you for your effort though.

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#4 2012-11-07 19:19:03

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Why does it take so long for network manager to start ?

# systemd-analyze blame
30238ms NetworkManager.service
20795ms polkit.service
  5536ms gdm.service
  3337ms systemd-logind.service
  2996ms shorewall.service
  1931ms dev-mqueue.mount
  1864ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
  1824ms dev-hugepages.mount
  1781ms systemd-remount-fs.service
  1760ms lm_sensors.service
  1633ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
  1616ms systemd-modules-load.service
  1270ms accounts-daemon.service
  1219ms systemd-udevd.service
  1154ms systemd-sysctl.service
  1091ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
   910ms cpupower.service
   623ms dcron.service
   473ms rtkit-daemon.service
   400ms udisks2.service
   254ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
   216ms systemd-readahead-collect.service
   160ms ntpd.service
   147ms systemd-readahead-replay.service
   132ms colord.service
   130ms systemd-user-sessions.service
    48ms media-Storage.mount
    11ms upower.service
     5ms tmp.mount
     4ms wpa_supplicant.service
     2ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
     2ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount

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#5 2012-11-09 00:05:12

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Ok, according to this, in order to start service sooner I just need to do

systemd enable XXX.service

I have NetworkManager enabled like this.
I am thinking of setting the boot target from multi-user environment to single user to force it starting sooner. Not sure it is a good idea.

I can not believe I am the only one having this problem.

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#6 2012-11-10 13:34:24

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Here is the boot proces plot chart. You can see that Polkit and NetworkManager are indeed to blame.
http://min.us/lMMGSqu1vpKow  (you need to download the pic to see it)

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#7 2012-11-15 18:45:58

jrussell
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Moving from gnome 3.4 to 3.6 I have noticed that gdm takes a lot longer to start, as well as actually logging in to gnome takes much longer, also full systemd.

I have just re-installed because I needed a MBR setup for Windows dual boot, Ill install gnome and see what happens


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#8 2012-11-15 18:48:06

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Ok, please report back if anything changed. I would hate to reinstall though, haven't done it for years...

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#9 2012-11-15 19:32:14

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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

For a start, while installing gnome I get frequent:

[2012-11-15 21:29] (gconftool-2:4701): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon:
[2012-11-15 21:29] Unable to autolaunch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11

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#10 2012-11-15 19:38:27

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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

Ok, fresh install, here we are:

[jason@jason-laptop ~]$ sudo systemd-analyze blame
[sudo] password for jason: 
  5999ms NetworkManager.service
  4792ms gdm.service
  2555ms systemd-logind.service
   793ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
   693ms polkit.service
   527ms systemd-remount-fs.service
   480ms systemd-vconsole-setup.service
   468ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
   452ms dev-hugepages.mount
   443ms systemd-udevd.service
   438ms dev-mqueue.mount
   404ms wpa_supplicant.service
   243ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
   135ms colord.service
   128ms rtkit-daemon.service
    73ms systemd-user-sessions.service
    73ms systemd-sysctl.service
    66ms upower.service
    55ms udisks2.service
    37ms accounts-daemon.service
    26ms tmp.mount
     1ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
[jason@jason-laptop ~]$ 

Getting crashes opening nautilis....

Last edited by jrussell (2012-11-15 19:39:15)


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#11 2012-11-16 09:32:37

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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

After setting up everything again, I dont really notice much change in start up time of gdm from boot, but logging in to gnome seems a bit faster, I'll post another blame later


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#12 2012-11-16 10:44:20

Raqua
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Re: Gnome/Cinnamon - slow start after login with gdm

I have experimented yesterday and replaced gdm with lxdm, but nothing really changed, Gnome/Cinnamon was still very slow to show.
I also disabled network manager but no change again, although analyze-blame was now ok and much faster.

Since it is not GDM to blame, I think there was some change (Gnome/GTK internals?) that makes the environment start very slow.

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