obscene xterm startup time in dapper?

[Lex Hider]

Hi,

Can anyone else confirm that the startup time for dapper's xterm is
HUGE?

Here's some figures:

lexhider at ubuntu:~$ time gnome-terminal -e ls

real    0m0.094s
user    0m0.036s
sys     0m0.008s
lexhider at ubuntu:~$ time xterm -e ls

real    0m5.210s
user    0m0.117s
sys     0m0.006s
lexhider at ubuntu:~$

Lex.