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Date:      Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:21:52 +0400
From:      Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru>
To:        Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: regression: session start time
Message-ID:  <72589951@bs1.sp34.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1220843204.2581.39.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> (Wayne Sierke's message of "Mon\, 08 Sep 2008 12\:36\:44 %2B0930")
References:  <36911120@bs1.sp34.ru> <1220843204.2581.39.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>

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Hello Wayne,

thanks for your answer.

Wayne Sierke <ws@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
-- 
Boris Samorodov (bsam)
Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP
FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve



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