Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:39:45 +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: <20040311213945.GB338@crom.vickiandstacey.com> In-Reply-To: <opr4pvbbsr8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> References: <1078967224.565.18.camel@localhost> <opr4pqvhez8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <20040311211702.GA338@crom.vickiandstacey.com> <opr4pvbbsr8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net>
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--5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Mezz., ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>" To: To Stacey Roberts Date: Thu, 11 Mar, 2004 21:29 GMT Subject: Re: Long delays in Gnome2 start up > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 21:17:03 +0000, Stacey Roberts=20 > <stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote: >=20 > >Hello Mezz.., > > Thanks for the reply. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >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 > >>startup faster. If so, then there are something wrong in one of in your > >>personal directory like ~/.gnome2, ~/.gconf and etc. You can remove=20 > >>these > >>directories on your normal user and let GNOME to startup fresh. > >> > > > >No need to, I already have a spare user on the box to use for this. As I= =20 > >suspected, logging in with that other user results in a fast Gnome2=20 > >startup. >=20 > A spare user with no GNOME personal directories? Do you mean, it does=20 > login faster on the spare user? Yes. I often create two users that I can use, but only use one. I've never = had the need to use any other than my primary user, so when this problem st= arted last night I figured on checking to see if it happens for everyone (i= ncluding root).=20 As things turned out, both root and the other (spare) user can log in fine. Thought I should also mention that for my primary user (the account for who= m the delays occur), I'd already tried the following: - 1] rm -rf .g* 2] rm -rf .esd* 3] Ran startx 4] Gnome2 starts fine 5] Do nothing 6] Log off 7] Run startx again 8] Long delay in Gnome2 startup I've done that procedure about four times now, just to make sure I wasn't g= oing crazy. Thanks for the reply, by the way. Regards, Stacey >=20 > Cheers, > Mezz >=20 > >>One more thing, make sure your hostname is working. X will startup very > >>slow if you don't have the correct hostname. IE: fix the /etc/hosts by= =20 > >>add > >>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= =20 > >even attempting to log out of Gnome2 takes almost 5 minutes now too.=20 > >This is the time from clicking on "Actions", "Log Out".., desktop locks= =20 > >up.., five minutes later, the confirmation dialogue box appears.=20 > >Clicking on "Okay", results in the log out then proceeding as per normal. > > > >> > >>BTW: reinstall apps aren't always a solution. > > > >One would think that, but at the end of the day, I'm inclined to=20 > >reinstall something that's broken, rather than work with something that= =20 > >was "hacked back together". The fact that this machine was up and=20 > >running well after the reinstall of Gnome back in 2002. > > > >Thanks again for taking the time. > > > >Regards, > > > >Stacey > > > >> > >>Cheers, > >>Mezz > >> > >>On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 01:07:05 +0000, Stacey Roberts > >><stacey@vickiandstacey.com> wrote: > >> > >>>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 > >> > >> > >>-- > >>bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz. >=20 >=20 > --=20 > bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz. >=20 --=20 Stacey Roberts B. Sc (HONS) Computer Science Web: www.vickiandstacey.com --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 iQEVAwUBQFDcnudvY+8mWFvRAQGVOgf+MF9fx14LJnmwuBCn/qbVLGP4xMN8HzWd /wTJFdV1sY1ShYQazH5WJSx9NR2whjU69IMjZ5vYwR+ztfnzs8Y6XsAPtiAhsIeo onIYQexYR7Mw03ju4frIn7QjYm+1YIeETNMBPHJKmsu0XW2qVHG1OoM7XVvMwWAp nxZ1fg6WimBPDvhvO8j5RXEInZIdPtQxE+rI5l4czAg6LQkGbtFUKH5N/CuM41Pg h9V59G9fIpJNDYZjmNOWhLCztjJWtrdTOzWsPPXbsDCz7+ixkC7Yl3yGbwBqnzI1 +X+DkWZDMkeTtepardHMEJ8mzUk9p3A5USifpHDm71vn3YO3M10+zg== =6nIV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5I6of5zJg18YgZEa--
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