On 6 February 2013 20:38, SuperEngineer <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm getting concerned about my log-on to desktop time of 30-40 seconds!
When you say log-on to desktop time do you mean the time between logging on and getting to the desktop, or do you mean the time taken to boot the PC? Colin > > It used to be 10 seconds. A while ago & possible* after some updates it > slowed to the above [as it has been now for some time]. This has been > my experience soon after [& still using] 12.04. > It used to be: 9 secs when good on this pooter. 30 secs when first > slowed, now up to 40 secs - no recent updates would account for it. > Once loaded everything is fast & hunky dory. > Instinct tells me wifi is slowing it - but no proof whatsoever. > > I cannot pin down what happens to slow it down or, indeed, what magic > occasionally brings it back to <10secs. > > All ideas [apart from get a new pooter, update to 12.10, move to 13.04] > gratefully received. > > Running: > Precise [12.04.2] > Dell Dimension E520 > Graphics card added is nVidia GeForce 210 PCIe > Kernel is 3.2.0-37 > Memory 2GB > Processor Intel Core2 CPU 6420 @ 2.13GHz × 2 > nVidia driver 304.64 > > I'm sure there's a 100 other bits of info that would be helpful... > please ask if wanted. > I'm also sure a boot logger *might* help - but darned if I can remember > name of it! Used it a long time ago but name eludes me, can't find it > in synaptic searches - doh! > > Thanks in anticipation. > > > -- > Cheers, > Bill B. [SuperEngineer] > > ------------------------------ > -Registered Linux User 523667- > -Registered Ubuntu User 32366- > -----Free as in Freedom------ > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
