gdm loads slow?

[Scott Raynel]

Carey O'Shea wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu Breezy, and has been updated today. However gdm is 
> still loading slow for me, it takes 1-2 seconds to load the graphic, and 
> loads it diagonally and jagged -- it doesn't look very nice. Hoary on 
> the other hand loads gdm instantly on the same machine. Some friends 
> have experienced the same. Any ideas as to what causes this, and should 
> I file a bug report?

I just installed Breezy Preview and I'm having the same problem. When
gdm loads, drawing the login screen is painfully slow. Hoary did not
have this problem. As far as I can tell the rest of Gnome runs fine.

I'm running on a Dell 510m Laptop. 

scottr at breezy:~$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Host Bridge (rev 02)
0000:00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH Memory I/O
Control Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corp. 855GM/GME GMCH
Configuration Process Registers (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM
Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corp. 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB
2.0 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 81)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801DBM LPC Interface Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801DBM (ICH4) Ultra ATA
Storage Controller (rev 01)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 01)
0000:01:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus
Controller (rev 02)
0000:01:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394
Controller
0000:01:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB)
Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

Relevant parts of xorg.conf:

Section "Module"
        Load    "GLcore"
        Load    "i2c"
        Load    "bitmap"
        Load    "ddc"
        Load    "dri"
        Load    "extmod"
        Load    "freetype"
        Load    "glx"
        Load    "int10"
        Load    "type1"
        Load    "vbe"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier      "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device"
        Driver          "i810"
        BusID           "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

I am using the 855resolution program to modify the video RAM to enable
1400x1050 (which didn't get set up by default, by the way :) but the
problem also occurred before I installed it, when running at
1280x1024.

Anything else you need?

-- 
Scott Raynel
scottraynel at gmail.com