Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:17:03 +0000 From: Stacey Roberts <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> To: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long delays in Gnome2 start up Message-ID: <20040311211702.GA338@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <opr4pqvhez8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <1078967224.565.18.camel@localhost> <opr4pqvhez8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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Hello Mezz..,
Thanks for the reply.
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From: "Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>"
To: To stacey@vickiandstacey.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar, 2004 19:53 GMT
Subject: Re: Long delays in Gnome2 start up
> Try to create a new dummy user like tester to see if your GNOME will=20
> startup faster. If so, then there are something wrong in one of in your=
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> personal directory like ~/.gnome2, ~/.gconf and etc. You can remove these=
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> directories on your normal user and let GNOME to startup fresh.
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No need to, I already have a spare user on the box to use for this. As I su=
spected, logging in with that other user results in a fast Gnome2 startup.
> One more thing, make sure your hostname is working. X will startup very=
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> slow if you don't have the correct hostname. IE: fix the /etc/hosts by ad=
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> your hostname in it point on 127.0.0.1.
This is not a problem.
What *has* become a problem that I've noticed as well, is the fact that eve=
n attempting to log out of Gnome2 takes almost 5 minutes now too. This is t=
he time from clicking on "Actions", "Log Out".., desktop locks up.., five m=
inutes later, the confirmation dialogue box appears. Clicking on "Okay", re=
sults in the log out then proceeding as per normal.
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> BTW: reinstall apps aren't always a solution.
One would think that, but at the end of the day, I'm inclined to reinstall =
something that's broken, rather than work with something that was "hacked b=
ack together". The fact that this machine was up and running well after the=
reinstall of Gnome back in 2002.
Thanks again for taking the time.
Regards,
Stacey
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> Cheers,
> Mezz
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> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:07:05 +0000, Stacey Roberts=20
> <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote:
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> >Hello,
> > I've just had a strangely familiar problem re-occur with me
> >tonight.
> >
> >For some reason, when I try to start gnome2 (with startx) there is a
> >very long delay before the splash thingy appears - almost 4 minutes. I
> >mentioned familiar for the simple reason that this exact problem
> >happened to me a couple of years ago, whilst I was running Gnome-1.2 (I
> >think).
> >
> >The short story of the eventual fix for me then was to reinstall Gnome.
> >I am now wondering if anyone is able to help me with this problem now
> >appearing now that I'm running Gnome-2.4.2.
> >
> >I'll include what details I think are relevant here, but if there's any
> >information I can add, please let me know.
> >
> <snip>
> >
> >Like I said, if there's anything else I can offer, then let me know.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Stacey
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> bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.
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Stacey Roberts
B. Sc (HONS) Computer Science
Web: www.vickiandstacey.com
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