Tested this further. The loading of wallpaper is instant if I go to console mode and then come back to GUI mode. (i.e press cntrl + alt + F2, and then press cntrl + alt + F7). Compared the logs when I didn't press the above key sequence and the time when I did press it.
Only difference is: There is a call gdk.threads_add_idle() after the wall paper is loaded to render the loaded wallpaper. But this thread waits forever to execute unless I press the above mentioned key sequence. Could be a problem with the thread scheduling. I will really appreciate any help here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1450196 Title: unity-greeter takes very long time to load the wallpaper Status in unity-greeter package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When starting from powered down state, unity-greeter takes ~80 to 90 seconds to load the default wallpaper.During this loading time, entire UI is non-responsive giving the impression that OS has crashed. Once logged in after this issue, the loading problem does not occur if I log out and log in again. How I arrived at this conclusion: When Login screen became unresponsive, I dropped in to console mode (cntl + alt + F2) and tailed the x-0-greeter.log file in /var/log/lightdm directory. The rendering of wall paper entry was around the 80 second mark. Once I saw the wall paper loaded message, i dropped out of console mode and switched to GUI mode (cntl + alt + F7). Now i was able to login normally. My guess is a problem with the driver for rendering/ problem in loading the wallpaper from harddisk. Just wanted to verify with you guys if there is indeed a bug or its just my laptop. I tried changing the wallpapers as well - still the problem persists. Once logged in there are no delays in any other operation (i.e no problem with CPU/resources to cause the late loading of wall paper) I use a Dell vostro 3500 - ubuntu 15.04 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: lightdm 1.14.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-15.15-generic 3.19.3 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Apr 30 01:58:44 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-27 (2 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422) SourcePackage: lightdm UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/1450196/+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
