Bug 692928

Summary: slow from login to desktop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: John Reiser <jreiser>
Component: gnome-desktop3Assignee: Richard Hughes <rhughes>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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iostat -xk 2
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tail -f /var/log/messages
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tail -f /home/user/.xsession-errors
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tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log none

Description John Reiser 2011-04-01 17:38:33 UTC 
Description of problem: The Gnome3 desktop takes too long to appear upon initial login after boot.  From correct password to desktop ready (top banner with text and icons) takes 40 seconds on a 3GHz CPU with 4GB RAM and 120MB/s [max.] SATA harddrive.  Watching the LED disk activity light, it is OFF except for brief flashes at 5, 14, and 22 seconds; then ON from 32 to 40 seconds after password.

In contrast, bringing up an XFCE desktop takes only 25 seconds on a wimpy machine: 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 45MB/s [max.] PATA harddrive.  The LED disk activity light is ON most of that time.  Both machines have 1Gbit/s ethernet, VGA, keyboard, mouse, AC power, and nothing else (no radios, no batteries, ...).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnome-desktop3-2.91.93-1.fc15.x86_64


How reproducible: every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. initial login after boot
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Actual results: too long from correct password to usable desktop (40 seconds on moderately fast machine.)


Expected results: at most 10 seconds from correct password to usable desktop.


Additional info:
Comment 1 Reartes Guillermo 2011-04-01 20:38:04 UTC 
I do not use gnome,and more detailed info is needed, try:

* BEFORE loggin in normally, from another machine:
  
 * log in via ssh (root) to the machine several times, once per command: 
   # tail -f /var/log/messages
   # tail -f /home/user/.xsession-errors
   # tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log
   monitor hd activity while loggin in:
   # iostat -xk 2

* now log in normally and check the logs in real-time for anything strange.
Comment 2 John Reiser 2011-04-02 18:31:33 UTC 
Created attachment 489607 [details]
iostat -xk 2
Comment 3 John Reiser 2011-04-02 18:32:05 UTC 
Created attachment 489608 [details]
tail -f /var/log/messages
Comment 4 John Reiser 2011-04-02 18:32:30 UTC 
Created attachment 489609 [details]
tail -f /home/user/.xsession-errors
Comment 5 John Reiser 2011-04-02 18:33:00 UTC 
Created attachment 489610 [details]
tail -f /var/log/Xorg.0.log
Comment 6 John Reiser 2011-04-03 00:23:26 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 691995 ***