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RudderDuck

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Registered: 2022-08-03

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[SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

I recently bought a second hand mini pc (Intel NUC clone), similar to the one advertised here but without any branding:

https://www.amazon.nl/Baieyu-Computer-G … op?ie=UTF8

After adding Plasma as the window manager there were no real issues, apps startup times are decent.

However, after adding DWM window manager I noticed that the startup times went up considerably. Most notably, telegram-desktop takes 5 minutes to fully load. Other apps also suffer from longer startup times but not as noticeable. Switching back to Plasma shows that the same apps start with decent startup times there. So it's most likely DWM related.

I went over the Intel NUC page and checked the video acceleration page. Because it has an integrated HD Graphics card I installed the intel-media-driver.

I'm considering that it is related to a graphics driver problem (timeout issue) but lack knowledge on how to pinpoint the cause of this problem. Any help would be appreciated.

htop shows no excessive CPU usage during the startup of f.i. telegram-desktop.

OS: Arch Linux x86_64
Kernel: 6.1.29-1-lts
CPU: Intel i7-7820HK (8) @ 3.900GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630

Last edited by RudderDuck (2023-05-21 20:31:49)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

5 minutes is excessive and either some config issue (xdg-portal…) or network or disk IO

Please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

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RudderDuck

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Registered: 2022-08-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

Thanks for your quick reply, the output is available at:

http://ix.io/4wmf

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

May 20 23:59:55 arch-nuc systemd[466]: xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.service: Job xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

Get rid of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, it's broken outside gnome.

pacman -Qs 'flatpak|portal'

Try https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … ortal-gtk/ - if you seriosly want flatschpak itfp.

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RudderDuck

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Registered: 2022-08-03

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

Removing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome solved the issue, marking as solved, thanks again!

d00mil

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Registered: 2023-06-20

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

May 20 23:59:55 arch-nuc systemd[466]: xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.service: Job xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.

Get rid of xdg-desktop-portal-gnome, it's broken outside gnome.

pacman -Qs 'flatpak|portal'

Try https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x8 … ortal-gtk/ - if you seriosly want flatschpak itfp.

Just to report that this was a solution for me too, and I am on i3, I don't have Gnome or DWM installed. Also, it started happening soon after one of the updates.

2ManyDogs

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Registered: 2012-01-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Many applications take very long (minutes) to load on DWM

Closing this solved topic to avoid more "me too" posts.