I have a similar issue. Installed Gutsy Tribe 5 on my laptop and then updated it to the latest available version. It doesn't take minutes but is pretty slow (I didn't take the time but it is significantly slower than it was on feisty, as far as I can tell.).
After I enter my password the mousecursor shows up in front of an empty screen. After some time GNOME starts to load the panels, the launchers (on the panel) and the background. If you need any information or logs just let me know. regards -- [Gutsy] very slow gnome startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs