On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 11:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Recently I have experience slow boot-up times. Since I rarely re-boot, I > have no idea when the problem started. Undoubtedly it is because of > something that I have changed, but it could have been any time over the > last few weeks, so I could do with some clues as to where to start looking. > > The first delay is apparent in the step which I think is labelled 'mounting > local filesystems' and this causes the usb LS120 to spin for a considerable > time. It happens even if there is no disk in, though possibly not quite as > long - I haven't timed it. > > The really big delay comes after the blue screen with wrist-watch appears, > and before the kde boot display showing progress. > > Has anyone any idea what may be happening during that period? > > Anne
One cause of slow loading of KDE is the automatic scan for new konqueror plugins that takes place on boot. I find if I inhibit this KDE starts a lot quicker (It just means I have to do a manual scan whenever I add a new plugin) Edit /usr/bin/startkde to comment out these lines # Laurent kde2.2-30mdk scan-nsplugins #if [ -x /usr/bin/nspluginscan ]; then # /usr/bin/nspluginscan #fi derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
