On Thursday 09 Jan 2003 1:15 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > 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
Thanks Derek. I tried that, and I think it has helped. It's still not what you could call fast, but it is better. I have a gut feeling that the delays started after I installed Netscape 7. Is it possible that Netscape/Mozilla are also scanning for plugins? Anne
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