Slow login from GDM

[Kenton Brede]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 09:22:25PM +0200, Martin Lorentzson (Martin.Lorentzson at telia.com) wrote:
> I'm having problem with slow login.  From the point where I've given
> my password on the GDM screen, it takes five minutes or so until I get
> the Gnome splash.
> 
> Note that once logged in, the system runs perfectly, with no problems
> whatsoever.  GDM starts without delay so I don't think it's an X
> issue.  The logs does not seem to give any indication that there's
> something unusual going on.
> 
> I had this problem in Warty as well.  I have since changed my
> motherboard and CPU but no change.  It is not a problem related to my
> user since all users on this box has the same problem.
> 
> Do anyone have any hints on how I can debug this problem?  Is there
> someway to setup a log of what happens when I log in?  Any pointers
> are most welcome; I'm getting a little tired of this.
> 
> This is a an AMD Sempron 2600+

The first thing I would try is -
$ sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

Then ctrl+alt+backspace or however you kill X.

Then from the command line in console -

$ startx

That will tell you if it is a problem with gdm at least.
Kent

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