Slow login from GDM

[Sebastien]

I had the same problems for month on my gentoo. Never found out why. 2
days ago I had to reinstall and then it was gone.
I'm curious to know the reason.

On 21 Apr 2005 21:22:25 +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+
> 
> /Martin Lorentzson

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