Lag in loading programs in Openbox while in Plasma no issues

Autodidaddy · 2020-12-31 04:11:57

I'm trying out a more minimal window manager using tint2 & kupfer. The weird thing is kupfer is very lightweight program but sometimes it takes a couple of seconds to respond and it doesn't even register key strokes during those seconds which is unacceptable. Also my VPN app takes forever to finally start, whereas in Plasma it shows up immediately. There aren't any optional dependencies I haven't installed, but it seems to me something essential is missing. I thought it might have been gnome-keyring-daemon but loading it didn't help so I hope someone knows.

Trilby · 2020-12-31 04:17:57

Please start the problematic programs from a terminal and check for error messages (post any output here in code tags).

ice · 2020-12-31 04:47:32

why not try dmenu instead of kupfer?
Regarding your vpn, I could run it in a terminal and see what error or what information it shows, in case it throws an error, as you were told before, please show us so we can help you better.

Archlin · 2020-12-31 06:47:46

I would rater start "kupfer" from a terminal and look at its output when it 'hangs'.

sidenote: Looked at it and for a lightweight launcher it is kinda bloated in my humble opinion. Perhaps you have an activated plugin that triggers this behavior.
Dunno but I saw a bunch of plugins that where activated by default.

I would suggest Dmenu or Rofi as launcher if you want lightweight.

seth · 2020-12-31 07:13:35

Does your "minimal window manager" approach include switching from some DM to startx/xinit?
=> Post your xinitrc.

kupfer is very lightweight program

Nope.

Autodidaddy · 2021-01-07 07:34:09

Tnx for the tips! Kupfer issue resolved with disabling plugins, indeed.

Starting VPN app from terminal shows lot's of "libnotify-WARNING" messages. Searched for that, found bug with similar issues, turns out there's a package "xdg-desktop-portal": Desktop integration portals for sandboxed apps. Sounds about right. I installed it, but I'm not sure how to use it as I can't find instructions. Dead end.

This bug report talks about manually starting notification-daemon, when I did that issue was resolved!

Just wondering if correctly setting up xdg-desktop-portal would be a good idea?

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#1 2020-12-31 04:11:57

Lag in loading programs in Openbox while in Plasma no issues

#2 2020-12-31 04:17:57

Re: Lag in loading programs in Openbox while in Plasma no issues

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#6 2021-01-07 07:34:09

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