Re: Suddenly: very slow graphics startup

[Roby <sobrecarga@adelphia.net>]

Paul Stolp wrote:

>> Roby wrote:
>> >Something has gone awry in my Sarge KDE setup (born as Libranet).  Boot
>> >is normal through the initial text-mode part: the last message saying
>> >that GDM
>> >is starting.  It then switches to graphics mode and I see the rolling
>> >hourglass cursor for 25 seconds before GDM login box appears, with
>> >constant
>> >disk access throughout that period.  On my other Sarge box, the
>> >hourglass
>> >delay is just a few seconds.  Hardware is nearly the same on both.
>> >
> 
> Missed your initial mail, so responding here ... I think this has come
> up before, but "fc-cache -f" as root may fix up your problem.
> Paul
> --
I spent all day yesterday chasing this.  Finally surrendered and posted the
call for help.  Soon after, my LCD monitor went to screen-heaven.

Not a good day.

Your suggestion worked!  I rebooted several times.  It was WONDERFUL!
Especially because I originally read it as fc(space)-cache -f

Thanks
Roby