Bug#326625: kdebase: kdm_greet takes a long time to run due to out-of-date font-cache
Package: kdebase
Version: 4:3.3.2-1
Severity: normal
Hi, I recently noticed kdm_greet took a long time to run on startup, and
lsof indicated that kdm_greet was looking at some TrueType font files
(such as Code2002) for a considerable length of time.
There *may* have been due to some of the TrueType font file names ending
in
.TTF rather than .ttf, so I renamed them.
More likely the problem was due to the font-cache being out-of-date. I
re-ran mkfontscale, mkfontdir and fc-cache against my TrueType fonts
directory and the slow run of kdm_greet disappeared.
Should kdm_greet generate a warning message if it has to bypass the
font-cache?
This may have also been a problem caused by installing
Debian package ttf-mph-2b-damase,
which I later removed to problems with printing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-386
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages kdebase depends on:
ii kappfinder 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Application Finder
ii kate 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Advanced Text Editor
ii kcontrol 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Control Center
ii kdebase-bin 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Base (binaries)
ii kdebase-data 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Base (shared data)
ii kdebase-kio-plugins 4:3.3.2-1 KDE I/O Slaves
ii kdepasswd 4:3.3.2-1 KDE password changer
ii kdeprint 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Print
ii kdesktop 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop
ii kfind 4:3.3.2-1 KDE File Find Utility
ii khelpcenter 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Help Center
ii kicker 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop Panel
ii klipper 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Clipboard
ii kmenuedit 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Menu Editor
ii konqueror 4:3.3.2-1 KDE's advanced File Manager, Web B
ii konqueror-nsplugins 4:3.3.2-1 Netscape plugin support for Konque
ii konsole 4:3.3.2-1 KDE X terminal emulator
ii kpager 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Desktop Pager
ii kpersonalizer 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Personalizer
ii ksmserver 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Session Manager
ii ksplash 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Splash Screen
ii ksysguard 4:3.3.2-1 KDE System Guard
ii ktip 4:3.3.2-1 Kandalf's Useful Tips
ii kwin 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Window Manager
ii libkonq4 4:3.3.2-1 Core libraries for KDE's file mana
Versions of packages kdebase recommends:
ii kdm 4:3.3.2-1 KDE Display Manager
ii xfonts-konsole 4:3.4.2-2 fonts used by the KDE's Konsole
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