xfce boots strangely slow after login

[Xan]

I have aspire one with 8 GB SSD. I installed xubuntu and then ubuntu-netbook-remix package. When I login in gdm and choose unr then in 5-7 seconds I have the desktop. When I login in gdm and choose xfce, then I have to wait arount 30 seconds, with blue screen with nothing.

I feel that this behavior is strange because xfce is lighter than unr. I want to know if I could know if what xfce loads innecessary programs than unr doesnot or it's something else.

Thanks a lot,
Xan.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 363664, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Xan (dxpublica)]

For being sure, how can I test if I run xfce4-session-helper in my session by default?
I did the workaround mentioned in bug 363664:
WORKAROUND:
1. Go to Xfc4 Settings Manager->Keyboard->Layout
2. Click 'Use system defaults'

and xfce is very slow:
    - I have 38 seconds to wait with blue screen until there appears a xfce desktop
    - with Ubuntu Nertbook Remix I have to wait only 22 with complete remix loaded.

I think it's too much and perhaps it's not (only) xfce4-session-helper which is guilty of this behaviour. Can I attach some files for deciding it really it's a duplicate of that bug of another thing?

Regards,
Xan.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

The easiest test is to try karmic koala. Perhaps you could download and try the live cd from http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily-live/current/ .

The has been fixed in karmic, but I don't believe the fix has been backported.

[Xan (dxpublica)]

But the speed of the livecd is slow of system installed in the computer, isn't?
How can I disable xfce4-session-helper by default in my xfce session? If I could do that, I'm surely know if it's xfce4-session-helper or not.

Thanks,
Xan.