Assuming that 'xsplash' is the thing with the jumpy vertical white-bar animation with one-too-many-frames; this displays for ~5 seconds before GDM and then ~15 seconds afterwards.
Attached video shows login up to the point where something crashes (if it not being recorded, xsplash would be resumed and then the Desktop would eventually re-appear).
Core2 Duo, 2x 2.00GHz, + 2GB RAM so is unlikely to be resource starvation.
Assuming that 'xsplash' is the thing with the jumpy vertical white-bar animation with one-too- many-frames; this displays for ~5 seconds before GDM and then ~15 seconds afterwards.
Attached video shows login up to the point where something crashes (if it not being recorded, xsplash would be resumed and then the Desktop would eventually re-appear).
Core2 Duo, 2x 2.00GHz, + 2GB RAM so is unlikely to be resource starvation.