is it possible to reduce delay when enter sddm password till plasma open?

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Hi.

My system boot time is something like this:

  1. Switch on the computer to GRUB lauching the OS -> 10 seconds
  2. GRUB lauching to SDDM login -> 10 seconds
  3. I enter the password until the login promt dissapear and starts lauching plasma -> 20 seconds
  4. loading of plasma desktop -> 7 seconds

I don’t understand why 3) is so high, I guess it may be some kind of system delay.
I have read a lot about delays in case of wrong password as it is a security measure, but whit correct password?

Is there a way to reduce it?

2

3 and 4 have nothing to do with boot. It s a bit arbitrary what belongs to boot and what not, but when the login screen is shown, boot is really ready, runlevel reached, all services started, system ready for user login.

I do not understand where you see the difference between 3 and 4. After a login, the desktop to be used is started. In case of KDE, that takes some time indeed. How much depends as everything on e.g. mass-storage speed, CPU number/speed, etc. and also of the desktop (there are lightweight desktops and I assume they take less time to start) and what there is to do. Some people tell their desktop to start many applications (like Kontakt) on desktop start.

3

Sure! Have a look at startup of my oldest and smallest machine:

**i3-4130:~ #** inxi -SMC 
**System:    Host:** i3-4130 **Kernel:** 5.16.2-1-default x86_64 **bits:** 64 **Console:** pty pts/1 **Distro:** openSUSE Tumbleweed 20220201 
**Machine:   Type:** Desktop **Mobo:** ASRock **model:** Z87 Pro3 **serial:** M80-3B015801235 **UEFI:** American Megatrends **v:** P2.90 
           **date:** 07/11/2014 
**CPU:       Info:** Dual Core **model:** Intel Core i3-4130 **bits:** 64 **type:** MT MCP **cache:****L2:** 3 MiB 
           **Speed:** 3075 MHz **min/max:** 800/3400 MHz **Core speeds (MHz):****1:** 3075 **2:** 2299 **3:** 2300 **4:** 2301 
**i3-4130:~ #**

The i3 4130 was the cheapest Intel Core processor available in February 2014.

**i3-4130:~ #** journalctl -b -1 -q -o short-monotonic -u session-1.scope -g start 
    5.475483] i3-4130 systemd[1]: Started Session 1 of User karl. 
    6.266520] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: process job  "kcminit_startup" finished with exit code  0 
    6.669493] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/baloo_file.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/baloo_file") 
    6.673174] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/powerdevil.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil") 
    6.676776] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xembedsniproxy") 
    6.685832] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/kaccess.desktop" ("/usr/bin/kaccess") 
    6.696767] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1") 
    6.702410] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.plasmashell.desktop" ("/usr/bin/plasmashell") 
    6.771210] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/gmenudbusmenuproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy") 
    6.813349] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update") 
    7.304346] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/geoclue-demo-agent.desktop" ("/usr/libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent") 
    7.319641] i3-4130 plasma_session[1054]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.korgac.desktop" ("/usr/bin/korgac") 
    8.028819] i3-4130 plasmashell[1119]: Plasma Shell **start**up completed
**i3-4130:~ #**

I like its snappiness.:wink:

4

It seems it gives me much less information

**andromeda:~ #** journalctl -b -1 -q -o short-monotonic -u session-1.scope -g start 
   31.808435] andromeda systemd[1]: Started Session 1 of user sddm. 
**andromeda:~ #**
5

Maybe I didn’t express well what I wanted to say. The 3 time is since I enter my password and click enter until “something happen” say that the password is wrong and it tell me that or the password is OK and it start loading plasma, I I don’t understand why it takes 20 seconds to check the password (or that’s what it seems), I think it is a lot.

I understand that for security reasons, when you enter a wrong password the system waits a random amount of time until prompt again, but waiting 20s when password is OK?

6

If you enter the wrong password, there may be a delay. But when it is the correct password, there will be no delay. However even if the desktop is started up in the background that may not be visible directly on the screen. There might be some time before the screen changes to the openSUSE light bulb. I see similar, but in my case it is only a few seconds. So when you think 20 secs is a bit much, I tend to agree.

And I do not simply try to correct the wording of “boot” to “login” because of being pedantic (which I am). This is to avoid that the searching starts with looking at boot timings with things like systemd-analyze blame, etc. Which would be a spilling of time.

7

Presumably yours is session-2.scope.

8

What users are interested in is startup of the system, which indeed comprises more than starting the kernel. Graphical target matters a well as plasma shell completion, see post #3.

**erlangen:~ #** systemd-analyze  
Startup finished in 805ms (kernel) + 2.237s (initrd) + 1.452s (userspace) = 4.495s  
graphical.target reached after 1.447s in userspace 
**erlangen:~ #**
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andromeda:~ # journalctl -b -1 -q -o short-monotonic -u session-2.scope -g start
  677.369842] andromeda systemd[1]: Started Session 2 of user fernando.
  678.800681] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.plasmashell.desktop" ("/usr/bin/plasmashell")
  678.822934] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1")
  678.846155] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xembedsniproxy")
  678.875930] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.kdeconnect.daemon.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/kdeconnectd")
  678.881991] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update")
  678.887001] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/gmenudbusmenuproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy")
  678.903511] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop" ("/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11")
  681.915272] andromeda akonadiserver[2845]: org.kde.pim.akonadiserver: Starting up the Akonadi Server...
  685.727322] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.systemd1' requested by ':1.53' (uid=1001 pid=3128 comm="/snap/bin/telegram-desktop -startintray -- ")
  687.374723] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart script  "/home/fernando/.config/autostart-scripts/StartPlasma.sh"
  687.375013] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/home/fernando/.config/autostart/rambox_rambox.desktop" ("/usr/bin/env", "BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/rambox_rambox.desktop", "/snap/bin/ra>
  687.375090] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/home/fernando/.config/autostart/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud.desktop" ("/home/fernando/ProgramasLocales/Nextcloud-client.AppImage", "--background")
  687.375158] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/powerdevil.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil")
  687.375508] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/snap-userd-autostart.desktop" ("/usr/bin/snap", "userd", "--autostart")
  687.375573] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/home/fernando/.config/autostart/telegram-desktop_telegram-desktop.desktop" ("/usr/bin/env", "BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/telegram-desktop_>
  687.375646] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: failed to parse "/home/fernando/.config/autostart/Rambox-0.7.3-linux-x86_64.AppImage.desktop" for autostart
  687.375714] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/hplip-systray.desktop" ("/usr/bin/hp-systray", "-x")
  687.375788] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.korgac.desktop" ("/usr/bin/korgac")
  687.375850] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/ibus-autostart.desktop" ("/usr/bin/ibus-autostart")
  687.375923] andromeda plasma_session[2722]: org.kde.plasma.session: autostart script ("/home/fernando/.config/autostart-scripts/StartPlasma.sh") finished with exit code  0
  690.097502] andromeda plasmashell[2762]: Plasma Shell startup completed
  690.097979] andromeda plasmashell[2762]: Plasma Shell startup completed
  690.769855] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop' requested by ':1.92' (uid=1001 pid=3128 comm="telegram-desktop -startintray -- ")
  811.249878] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
  926.029506] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
 1046.035891] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
 1166.042228] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
 1286.048826] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Failed to activate service 'org.freedesktop.secrets': timed out (service_start_timeout=120000ms)
 2732.373251] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.kde.Spectacle' requested by ':1.150' (uid=1001 pid=7304 comm="/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qdbus org.kde.Spectacle / Start")
 3711.890309] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:27.321 *INFO* [main] org.weasis.launcher.ConfigData: Starting Weasis...
 3711.906823] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:27.427 *INFO* [main] org.weasis.launcher.ConfigData: Starting portable version
 3713.695967] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: Starting OSGI Bundles...
 3716.746039] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.266 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.apache.sling.commons.log.internal.LogManager: LogManager: Logging set up from context
 3717.131240] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.651 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.opencv.osgi: Successfully loaded OpenCV native library.
 3717.132057] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.653 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.cv.NativeOpenCVCodec: Native OpenCV is activated
 3717.133543] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.654 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Register Image Codec Plug-in: OpenCV imgcodecs
 3717.324127] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.845 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Register Image Codec Plug-in: JDK ImageIO
 3717.359129] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:32.880 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Activate DicomCodec
 3717.509512] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:33.030 *ERROR* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.TagD: Cannot read Scan Spot Sizes Delivered java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "2N"
 3717.592870] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:33.113 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Register Image Codec Plug-in: dcm4che
 3718.306629] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:33.827 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.base.ui.gui.WeasisWinListener: Activate the main window PropertyChangeListener
 3718.322441] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:33.843 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Register DicomSpecialElementFactory: SR => org.weasis.dicom.sr.SRElementFactory
 3718.647131] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:34.168 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Register DicomSpecialElementFactory: AU => org.weasis.dicom.au.AuElementFactory
 3718.662773] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:34.183 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Register DicomSpecialElementFactory: ECG => org.weasis.dicom.wave.WaveElementFactory
 3718.663251] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:46:34.184 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Register DicomSpecialElementFactory: HD => org.weasis.dicom.wave.WaveElementFactory
 3752.483705] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.004 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Unregister DicomSpecialElementFactory: ECG => org.weasis.dicom.wave.WaveElementFactory
 3752.483705] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.004 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Unregister DicomSpecialElementFactory: HD => org.weasis.dicom.wave.WaveElementFactory
 3752.484999] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.005 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Unregister DicomSpecialElementFactory: AU => org.weasis.dicom.au.AuElementFactory
 3752.510301] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.031 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Unregister DicomSpecialElementFactory: SR => org.weasis.dicom.sr.SRElementFactory
 3752.512134] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.033 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.base.ui.gui.WeasisWinListener: Deactivate the main window PropertyChangeListener
 3752.538883] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.059 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Unregister Image Codec Plug-in: dcm4che
 3752.539482] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.060 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.dicom.codec.DicomCodec: Deactivate DicomCodec
 3752.540385] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.061 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Unregister Image Codec Plug-in: JDK ImageIO
 3752.550846] andromeda org.freedesktop.FileManager1[8435]: 04.02.2022 09:47:08.071 *INFO* [FelixStartLevel] org.weasis.core.api.internal.Activator: Unregister Image Codec Plug-in: OpenCV imgcodecs
 4144.222020] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.kde.Spectacle' requested by ':1.186' (uid=1001 pid=10227 comm="/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qdbus org.kde.Spectacle / Start")
 5695.681318] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.kde.Spectacle' requested by ':1.207' (uid=1001 pid=12240 comm="/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qdbus org.kde.Spectacle / Start")
 7635.789671] andromeda org_kde_powerdevil[3121]: powerdevil: Starting Login1 suspend job
 7923.462325] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.kde.Spectacle' requested by ':1.249' (uid=1001 pid=16319 comm="/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qdbus org.kde.Spectacle / Start")
 9587.040641] andromeda org_kde_powerdevil[3121]: powerdevil: Starting Login1 suspend job
[10209.650991] andromeda org_kde_powerdevil[3121]: powerdevil: Starting Login1 suspend job
[11254.293767] andromeda org_kde_powerdevil[3121]: powerdevil: Starting Login1 suspend job
[11475.606239] andromeda dbus-daemon[2664]: [session uid=1001 pid=2662] Activating service name='org.kde.Spectacle' requested by ':1.312' (uid=1001 pid=20690 comm="/usr/lib64/qt5/bin/qdbus org.kde.Spectacle / Start")
[12423.096591] andromeda plasmashell[2762]: plasma-pk-updates: RESTART "system" is required for package "openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-333;1;noarch;repo-sle-update"
[12423.716794] andromeda plasmashell[2762]: plasma-pk-updates: Simulation finished with success, restarting the transaction
[12423.858338] andromeda plasmashell[2762]: plasma-pk-updates: RESTART "system" is required for package "openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-333;1;noarch;repo-sle-update"

Correct me if I’m wrong. This is the timing of the login to plasma once the authentication is OK, right?

**andromeda:~ #** systemd-analyze 
Startup finished in 3.459s (kernel) + 6.616s (initrd) + 23.599s (userspace) = 33.675s  
graphical.target reached after 23.586s in userspace 
**andromeda:~ #**

And this the time since boot until I get the login, right?

10

Yes, that delay can be annoying. But I see it as somewhat of a feature. KDE seems to be organized to put much of the overhead in startup, instead of spreading it out into each application. So, once started, it is very responsive.

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Host andromeda has: graphical.target is reached after 33.6s. Session startup time is 690 - 677 = 13s. Total time is 46.6s.

**erlangen:~ #** journalctl -b -q -o short-monotonic -u session-2.scope -g start    
  ** 19.140225**] erlangen systemd[1]: Started Session 2 of User karl. 
   19.705257] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: process job  "kcminit_startup" finished with exit code  0 
   19.973615] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/polkit-kde-authentication-agent-1") 
   19.975449] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/kaccess.desktop" ("/usr/bin/kaccess") 
   19.977397] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xembedsniproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xembedsniproxy") 
   19.979650] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/powerdevil.desktop" ("/usr/lib64/libexec/org_kde_powerdevil") 
   19.982316] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.plasmashell.desktop" ("/usr/bin/plasmashell") 
   20.075895] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/pulseaudio.desktop" ("/usr/bin/start-pulseaudio-x11") 
   20.078582] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/xdg-user-dirs.desktop" ("/usr/bin/xdg-user-dirs-update") 
   20.080346] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/gmenudbusmenuproxy.desktop" ("/usr/bin/gmenudbusmenuproxy") 
   20.840514] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/geoclue-demo-agent.desktop" ("/usr/libexec/geoclue-2.0/demos/agent") 
   **20.842530**] erlangen plasma_session[1312]: org.kde.plasma.session: Starting autostart service  "/etc/xdg/autostart/org.kde.korgac.desktop" ("/usr/bin/korgac") 
   **22.993758**] erlangen plasmashell[1392]: Plasma Shell **start**up completed
**erlangen:~ #**

Host erlangen has: graphical.target is reached after 4.495s. Session startup time is 1.7s + 2.1s korgac (73,000 mail files). Total time is 6.2s as korgac starts in the background.

**erlangen:~ #** journalctl -b -o short-monotonic _PID=757            
    3.613616] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: New seat seat0. 
    3.653830] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (HID 046a:0011) 
    3.787409] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event4 (Power Button) 
    3.787564] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event3 (Power Button) 
    3.826795] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Sleep Button) 
    4.855135] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: New session 1 of user sddm. **# login prompt idle for 14s.**
   19.039473] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: New session 2 of user karl. **# entering password**
   19.108573] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Session 1 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit. 
   19.108990] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Removed session 1. 
[20116.819028] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Power key pressed. 
[20129.668731] erlangen systemd-logind[757]: Operation 'sleep' finished. 
**erlangen:~ #**

erlangen (i7-6700K) is 33.675/4.495 = 7.5 times faster than andromeda.

12

Two questions:

You don’t have this lag after entering password?

How do you do that?

13

There is a small lag:

**i3-4130:~ #** journalctl -b -o short-monotonic -u display-manager.service  
    3.765936] i3-4130 systemd[1]: Starting X Display Manager... 
    3.788266] i3-4130 display-manager[842]: /etc/vconsole.conf available 
    3.788635] i3-4130 display-manager[842]: KEYMAP: de-latin1-nodeadkeys 
    3.788635] i3-4130 display-manager[842]: Command: localectl set-keymap de-latin1-nodeadkeys 
    3.797335] i3-4130 display-manager[842]: I: Using systemd /usr/share/systemd/kbd-model-map mapping 
    3.979488] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Initializing...
...
  185.586571] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Message received from greeter: Login
  185.587205] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop"
  185.587909] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop"
  185.588148] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11"
  185.602450] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: [PAM] Starting...
  185.602876] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: [PAM] Authenticating...
  185.602963] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: [PAM] Preparing to converse...
  185.603022] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: [PAM] Conversation with 1 messages
  185.609594] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: [PAM] returning.
  185.610037] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Authenticated successfully
  185.671905] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
  185.672033] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Greeter stopped.
  185.827622] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: pam_unix(sddm:session): session opened for user tester(uid=1003) by (uid=0) 
  185.828098] i3-4130 sddm-helper[14304]: Starting: "/usr/etc/X11/xdm/Xsession \"/usr/bin/startplasma-x11\"" 
  185.830062] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session started
**i3-4130:~ #**

**i3-4130:~ #** journalctl -b -o short-monotonic _PID=881 
    3.979488] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Initializing...
    3.982885] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Starting...
    3.983120] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Logind interface found
    3.984028] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Adding new display on vt 7 ...
    3.984245] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Loading theme configuration from ""
    3.984332] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Display server starting...
    3.984402] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /run/sddm/{2257fbe6-f8dc-41b4-a168-9ff7139ff0bf} -background none -noreset -displayfd 17 -seat seat0 vt7
    4.598362] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Setting default cursor
    4.667902] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Running display setup script  "/usr/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup"
    4.756421] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Display server started.
    4.756787] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop"
    4.757370] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop"
    4.757459] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/default.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11"
    4.778364] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Authenticated successfully
    5.054821] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session started

  176.503819] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Adding new display on vt 8 ...
  176.504242] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Loading theme configuration from ""
  176.504307] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Display server starting...
  176.504354] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Running: /usr/bin/X -nolisten tcp -auth /run/sddm/{1e10aad5-9714-4762-b6ec-24963f2d2ec7} -background none -noreset -displayfd 21 -seat seat0 vt8
  177.140813] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Setting default cursor
  177.208499] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Running display setup script  "/usr/etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup"
  177.216593] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Display server started.
  177.217066] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Socket server starting...
  177.217197] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Socket server started.
  177.217412] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Loading theme configuration from "/usr/share/sddm/themes/breeze-openSUSE/theme.conf"
  177.217663] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Greeter starting...
  177.426263] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Greeter session started successfully
  177.460150] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Message received from greeter: Connect

  185.586571] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Message received from greeter: Login
  185.587205] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop"
  185.587909] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Reading from "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop"
  185.588148] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session "/usr/share/xsessions/plasma5.desktop" selected, command: "/usr/bin/startplasma-x11"
  185.610037] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Authenticated successfully
  185.671905] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Auth: sddm-helper exited successfully
  185.672033] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Greeter stopped.
  185.830062] i3-4130 sddm[881]: Session started
**i3-4130:~ #**

Basically exterminate step by step anything causing a delay, e.g. https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/539905-How-to-fix-btrfsmaintenance