So, how long does it take to load the second time?
About 4 seconds.
After doing this:
kaye@laptop:~$ sudo su
root@laptop:/home/kaye# sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Yes, it opened slow again. Slow disk then? Should I replace it soon?
Drives? Presumably Patrick's fancy system uses SSD, maybe the OP has
real hard drives.
It's still the original hard drive that came with the laptop. Bought the laptop nine years ago.
kaye@laptop:~$ libreoffice --safe-mode
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:3: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:4: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:5: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:6: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:7: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
(soffice:2173): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:21:41.576: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:3: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:4: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:5: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:6: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:7: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
(soffice:2193): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:22:08.569: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:3: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:4: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:5: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:6: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
/home/kaye/.gtkrc-2.0:7: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "foo.bar"
(soffice:2206): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:22:11.748: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large
(soffice:2206): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:22:11.811: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large
(soffice:2206): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:22:12.953: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large
(soffice:2206): Gdk-WARNING **: 10:22:29.022: gdk_window_set_icon_list: icons too large