SLOW boot and LONG wait when logging out to switch users.

[damian]

NoOp wrote:
> On 11/02/2007 12:54 PM, damian wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>     
>>> On 11/02/2007 08:15 AM, damian wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> damian wrote:
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>>>>         
>>>>> I have 2 ubuntu machines. One of them is taking a long long time to get 
>>>>> from the gui screen starting up (cream background and spinning cursor) 
>>>>> and the login screen coming up. This used to take about a second, but is 
>>>>> not a couple of minutes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to look behind the gui to see what's taking so long?
>>>>>
>>>>> Both machines have this same problem when logging out to switch users. 
>>>>> The background goes blank and the spinning cursor comes up, then it 
>>>>> seems to take forever before anyone can log in again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any ideas or advice?
>>>>>
>>>>> Both machines have had MythBuntu added to them if that points to 
>>>>> anything. I don't see why it should, but trying to figure this out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Damian
>>>>>   
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Any thoughts on this?
>>>>
>>>> I don't expect anyone to be able to know why the logging in and out is 
>>>> so slow from the information I've given, but surely there's a way to 
>>>> find out?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Damian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Have you checked the usual: dmesg, /var/logs etc?
>>>   
>>>       
>> I'm afraid 'the usual' is abstract and unusual to me. I'm starting to 
>> get my head around Linux a bit, but it's taking time.
>>
>> I just typed:
>>
>> dmesg, /var/logs
>>
>> into my Ubuntu box via SSH and it said command not found. No doubt I did 
>> completely the wrong thing with your instruction.
>>
>> Damian
>>
>>     
>
> It was a question, not an instruction.
>
> OK. Now that we know what level you are at we can start afresh.
>
> 1. Here is the basic link to help & documentation:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UserDocumentation
> You should spend some time exploring the links on that page.
>
> 2. Here is the link to the administration guide:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SystemAdministration
> and
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles
> will provide you information on log files.
>
> There are a couple places that we can check for your problem, but first
> please provide the basics of your machine (memory, cpu, ethernet
> interfaces (wired, wireless etc).
>   
The worst affected of the two machines is a Compaq Presario X1000.
I don't know how to get the system specs like I know in Windows, but 
from the stickers on the laptop it's got a Centrino Intel chip in there 
and an ATI Mobility Radion 9200.
I don't think the ATI card have beed detected or set up corectly, but 
I'm running VESA at the moment until I sort things out a bit more.
I think there's 512Mb memory in there and the network is wired. It can 
do wireless, but I don't think I've ever even used that.
> >From a terminal (Applications|Accessories|Terminal
>
> $ ifconfig -a | grep -A4 ^lo
> post the output.
>   
damian at laptop:~$ ifconfig -a | grep -A4 ^lo
lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> $ cd /var/log
>
> >From Nautilus (Places|Home Folder)
>
> Double-click on .xsession-errors
> post the output.
>   
here's the contents of that file:

http://www.gingermagic.com/misc/xsessions-errors
> After that we can move on to the next steps.
>   
Thanks for helping out

Damian