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

damian misc at daminator.com
Mon Nov 5 09:28:31 UTC 2007


NoOp wrote:
> On 11/04/2007 11:58 AM, damian wrote:
>   
>> NoOp wrote:
>>     
>
>   
>>> $ 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
>>
>>     
>
> Thanks.
>
> OK. Now add another user and then reboot using that new user name.
>
> System|Administration|Users and Groups|Add User
>
> Let us know if the boot is still slow.
>   
Thank for that idea. Here are my reults with some timings:

Pre new user:
Power button to spinning mouse cursor   -   56 seconds
Spinning mouse cursor to log in screen   -   3 min 57 sec
Log in screen to fully loaded desktop   -   25 seconds

Added new user:
Log out of 1st user to spinning cursor (pre log in screen)   -   7 seconds
spinning cursor to log in screen   -   7 min 20 seconds
quit   22 sec

New boot:
Power button to spinning mouse cursor   -   54 seconds
Spinning mouse cursor to log in screen   -   3 min 59 sec


What on earth is going on between the gui starting (cream background and 
spinning cursor) and the log in screen poping up? Used to be bretty much 
instant.

Damian




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