I have been running 11.4 updated to KDE 4.8.5 on a HP dv6-3210US laptop ( AMD phenom 3 Ghz dualcore), 5400 RPM drive, Radeon HD 4250.
From a cold boot, log in to KDE took 5-10 secs (subsequent KDE log in took < 5 secs).
With 12.2 on the same laptop, KDE takes 25 secs to log in first time after every boot. Subsequent log in takes 5 secs. I updated to 4.9.1 and same story.
I have disabled nepomuk and even akonadi. Disabled translucency and blur rest desktop effects same. In 11.4, I had catalyst fglrx drivers but in 12.2, the OSS radeon driver. I cannot get fglrx to run (12.6 legacy installs but only blank screen comes up).
Why the difference ? Does preload have something to do with it ? The boot times are about the same in both instances.
I can not directly answer your question, but you can investigate a bit
what takes so much time at startup with systemd-analyze (install it if
you do not already have it) and then run
systemd-analyze blame
I guess here that you use systemd which is the default on the 12.2 install.
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PC: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.8.4 | GeForce GT 420
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.8.4 | HD 3000
eCAFE 800: oS 12.1 i586 | AMD Geode LX 800@500MHz | 512MB | KDE 3.5.10
[QUOTE=martin_helm;2486966]I can not directly answer your question, but you can investigate a bit
what takes so much time at startup with systemd-analyze (install it if
you do not already have it) and then run
systemd-analyze blame
I guess here that you use systemd which is the default on the 12.2 install.
I am concerned with KDE startup not system startup. Do you think systemd has anything to do with how slowly KDE starts up ?
The times I quoted are from the time KDM logon screen is presented.
Am 14.09.2012 04:06, schrieb mvaar:
>> The times I quoted are from the time KDM logon screen is presented.
Then what I suggested does not help you, I misunderstood the question,
sorry.
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PC: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i7-2600@3.40GHz | 16GB | KDE 4.8.4 | GeForce GT 420
ThinkPad E320: oS 12.2 x86_64 | i3@2.30GHz | 8GB | KDE 4.8.4 | HD 3000
eCAFE 800: oS 12.1 i586 | AMD Geode LX 800@500MHz | 512MB | KDE 3.5.10
I have no clue if this is related to your problem, but when my internet connection isn’t working in 12.2, it takes about half a minute to get to my desktop from the KDM screen, though I don’t remember if subsequent logins are faster.
I don’t think that is the issue. In fact, after install, I always edit network scripts in /etc/sysconfig and change all TIMEOUT variables to 2 secs. In the past, that used to be an issue.
I am curious - when you ARE connected, what is your KDE startup time ( from KDM logon screen to usable KDE desktop) first time after a system reboot ?