regression: session start time

[Boris Samorodov]

Hello Wayne,

thanks for your answer.

Wayne Sierke <ws at au.dyndns.ws> writes:
> On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 01:38 +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote:

>> I'm not sure if it can be called "a session start time". But Gnome
>> 2.20.3 starts (via gdm) without delay. Current gnome sessions start
>> and show gnome panel window (at the senter of the screen) for several
>> minutes. While this panel is on no desktop icons do appear and the
>> session cat't be closed (ctrl-alt-bsp helps). Though menu, shortcuts
>> work just fine. When time passes the gnome panel disappears and all
>> desktop icons appear.
>> 
>> The most annoying is the fact that the session can't be closed at
>> once.

One more annoying fact: scripts which should be started at the session
beginning are also delayed...

> Curious, I was experiencing similar delays with 2.20, but saw a
> significant improvement after upgrading to 2.22.2. This machine doesn't
> get restarted very often so I'm going from memory on this, but I believe
> the only remaining symptom I see now is that the startup progress window
> hangs around for a while. The delayed display of desktop items
> definitely improved for me after the upgrade.
>
> I haven't attempted to close a session during that phase of start-up, so
> I can't comment on that. Have you attempted to run "gdm-stop" from a
> command-line?

Didn't try, as ctrl-alt-bsp works.


WBR
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