<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am in Gnome but there is no menu selections as you stated. System....Personal Settings does not exist. Keith <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: W.D.McKinney <deem@wdm.com> To: ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:54:56 PM Subject: Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on a Laptop slow startup <style>BODY{font:10pt Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;}</style> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">From: keithclark1966@rogers.com To: Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions [mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com] Sent: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:34:20 -0900 Subject: Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on a Laptop slow startup Robert, I would love to try that. How do I turn off the splash screen? Keith </blockquote> <pre>If you want to turn off the splash screen then as an ordinary user, log in, start GNOME, and go to System -> Personal Settings -> System -> Sessions and deselect the option "Show splash screen on login". </pre> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"> ----- Original Message ---- From: Robert Spanjaard <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spamtrap@arumes.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spamtrap@arumes.com">spamtrap@arumes.com</a>> To: <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:05:57 PM Subject: Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on a Laptop slow startup On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 10:35:41 -0800, Keith Clark wrote: > I seem to be having a really slow startup time when booting Ubuntu 7.10 on > my laptop. I'm not sure how to go about checking why this is. I've run > pclos with no issues and it only takes about 30-45 seconds to bootup. > Ubuntu takes about 3 minutes. > > Any help would be appreciated. I had the same problem, until I disabled the splash screen. Don't ask me _how_ it works, but it works. :-) -- Regards, Robert <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.arumes.com">http://www.arumes.com</a> </blockquote><style> </style> <div> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a ymailto="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div> </div></div></body></html>