I see the same thing in Precise. A 30 s delay between logon and the appearance of the desktop (gnome fallback in my case)
Sep 21 14:10:53 U033321 gnome-session[1723]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout Sep 21 14:10:53 U033321 gnome-session[1723]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... Sep 21 14:10:56 U033321 dbus[741]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UDisks' (using servicehelper) Sep 21 14:10:56 U033321 dbus[741]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UDisks' -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-session in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1037676 Title: battery indicator missing on login Status in “gnome-session” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: There is a long delay after entering my password at the login screen before my desktop appears. Once it does appear the battery/power indicator is missing. The following is in /var/log/syslog Aug 16 12:48:29 poplar gnome-session[1558]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-settings-daemon.desktop' failed to register before timeout Aug 16 12:48:29 poplar gnome-session[1558]: CRITICAL: We failed, but the fail whale is dead. Sorry.... ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-session 3.5.5-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Aug 16 12:50:53 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120307) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-session UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/1037676/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
