[SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

sumcaracalla · 2019-01-26 04:19:19

Hello.

I am still fairly new to Arch linux so excuse me If it's a burden. My issue is that when I run GTK programs(or programs associated with gnome) in i3, they usually take 25 seconds to load. Obviously, 25 seconds is not super slow but compared to every single other application(non-gnome or non-gtk) loads way quicker than these. The programs that give me this issue are Evince, Thunar, Gnome-disks and other gnome/ gtk applications.

running Thunar in urxvt displays

(thunar:16492): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:11:04.916: Theme directory mimetypes/symbolic of theme Initial has no size field


(thunar:16492): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:11:04.916: Theme directory places/symbolic of theme Initial has no size field

ThunarThumbnailer: Failed to retrieve supported types: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.thumbnails.Thumbnailer1 was not provided by any .service files

However, Running evince just displays

(evince:22121): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:17:23.638: Theme directory mimetypes/symbolic of theme Initial has no size field


(evince:22121): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:17:23.638: Theme directory places/symbolic of theme Initial has no size field

Running all these programs in Gnome do not cause the slow startup. So, I assume it has to be a problem dealing with i3 not loading a (GTK? Gnome?) library of some sort. What do you guys think is the problem?

Thanks for your time/reading.

Last edited by sumcaracalla (2019-01-26 21:08:27)

seth · 2019-01-26 08:36:05

25 seconds is the dbus timeout, how do you start i3 and what is the output of

loginctl session-status
echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

sumcaracalla · 2019-01-26 08:42:41

Thanks for the reply, I use the startx command on login with exec i3 in the .xinitrc

 
1 - mark (1000)            
           Since: Fri 2019-01-25 15:09:37 CST; 11h ago
          Leader: 734 (login)
            Seat: seat0; vc1
             TTY: tty1
         Service: login; type tty; class user
           State: active
            Unit: session-1.scope
                  ├─  734 login -- mark
                  ├─ 1549 -zsh
                  ├─ 1731 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startx
                  ├─ 1753 xinit /home/mark/.xinitrc -- /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc :0 vt1 -keeptty -auth /tmp/serverauth.5MrVwIYHbD
                  ├─ 1754 /usr/lib/Xorg -nolisten tcp :0 vt1 -keeptty -auth /tmp/serverauth.5MrVwIYHbD
                  ├─ 1778 i3 -a --restart /run/user/1000/i3/restart-state.1778
                  ├─ 1845 compton
                  ├─ 1849 SVPManager
                  ├─ 1855 mpd
                  ├─ 2321 /usr/lib/uim/uim-helper-server
                  ├─ 2929 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox
                  ├─ 3139 polybar example -r
                  ├─ 3341 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 3 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 176 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedule>
                  ├─ 3830 /usr/bin/python2 /usr/bin/deluge
                  ├─ 3930 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 5 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 7025 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedul>
                  ├─ 6141 gpg-agent --homedir /etc/pacman.d/gnupg --use-standard-socket --daemon
                  ├─ 7246 /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_generic /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/generic.conf
                  ├─ 7258 /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules/sd_dummy /etc/speech-dispatcher/modules/dummy.conf
                  ├─ 7261 /usr/bin/speech-dispatcher --spawn --communication-method unix_socket --socket-path /run/user/1000/speech->
                  ├─ 8867 urxvt
                  ├─ 8876 zsh
                  ├─ 8967 ncmpcpp
                  ├─11920 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 11 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9271 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>
                  ├─13926 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 30 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9955 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>
                  ├─16155 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 27 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9740 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>
                  ├─16218 urxvt
                  ├─16219 zsh
                  ├─20379 urxvt
                  ├─20408 zsh
                  ├─24809 urxvt
                  ├─24810 zsh
                  ├─26893 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 17 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9684 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>
                  ├─27489 loginctl session-status
                  ├─27490 less
                  ├─28348 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 18 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9685 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>
                  └─29619 /usr/lib/firefox/firefox -contentproc -childID 29 -isForBrowser -prefsLen 9924 -prefMapSize 177732 -schedu>

 unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus

seth · 2019-01-26 08:55:13

Is "exec i3 in the .xinitrc" the only content of your xinitrc?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc - see the second note.

Also try to run "dbus-monitor" and see what lights up when you attempt to start a gtk client.
I'm blindly gonna blame UIM, "echo $GTK_IM_MODULE"?

sumcaracalla · 2019-01-26 09:03:48

No, in my xinitrc file I have other stuff here it is.

xrdb ~/.Xresources
wal -R
exec i3
 
#sxhkd &
#exec i3 

# Add this to your .xinitrc or whatever file starts programs on startup.
# -R restores the last colorscheme that was in use.

dbus-monitor

signal time=1548493352.154548 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.1802 serial=2 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameAcquired
   string ":1.1802"
signal time=1548493352.154558 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.1802 serial=4 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost
   string ":1.1802"

echo $GTK_IM_MODULE does not output anything.

I will use the sample provided from /etc/ as of now and see if that solves the issue.

Slithery · 2019-01-26 09:55:18

Your .xinitrc is incorrect, a vital section is missing.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit#xinitrc

sumcaracalla · 2019-01-26 21:03:13

Okay so it seems that the issue has been solved. Thunar and evince start up way quicker. I have reset my faulty xinitrc file to the following. I don't think the last 5 commands arent being run but those are examples I think.

 
#!/bin/sh

userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
sysresources=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
sysmodmap=/etc/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap

# merge in defaults and keymaps

if [ -f $sysresources ]; then

    xrdb -merge $sysresources

fi

if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then
    xmodmap $sysmodmap
fi

if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then

    xrdb -merge "$userresources"

fi

if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
    xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi

# start some nice programs
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ] ; then
 for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/?*.sh ; do
  [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
 done
 unset f
fi
wal -R
exec i3

twm &
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login

Thank you so much to Seth and Slithery!

seth · 2019-01-26 21:04:34

Nothing is processed after the first "exec" call.

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

Arch Linux

#1 2019-01-26 04:19:19

[SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#2 2019-01-26 08:36:05

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#3 2019-01-26 08:42:41

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#4 2019-01-26 08:55:13

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#5 2019-01-26 09:03:48

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#6 2019-01-26 09:55:18

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#7 2019-01-26 21:03:13

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

#8 2019-01-26 21:04:34

Re: [SOLVED]GTK applications taking long to startup in i3 but not in Gnome

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