Login Window hangs before releasing to desktop background

Bug #585969 reported by Daniel Stone
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gdm (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: gdm

/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow

takes over 30 seconds

to release to /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: gdm 2.30.0-0ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed May 26 11:42:38 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gdm

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Daniel Stone (danielstone) wrote :
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Daniel Stone (danielstone) wrote :

simply after I login the desktop takes a long time to load

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

thank you for your bug report, what do you mean there? gdm tries to run gnome-appearance-properties.desktop on start? there has been similar issues reported by users who have a floppy drive enable in the bios but not in their computer, turning off that option workaround the issue

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Daniel Stone (danielstone) wrote :

Thank you for your prompt response
Yes this option being changed seems
to make the transition seem better

I would have never connected the dots

Could you please provide me with more information or a link

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

I've not specific details about the issue but bug #539515 and some other bugs are similar

Changed in gdm (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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