3 minute delay at login

[alain williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk>]

I am trying to track down & fix an issue that I have had for months.

After I enter my password the screen just shows that desktop
background/wallpaper. The mouse is there and it will move but no panels or
icons. It remains like this for ~3 minutes and then panels, icons, ... all
appear and I can do work.

I can switch to a terminal (Ctrl-Shift-F1) & login but there is not something
that is obviously waiting.

Any clues or suggestions as to what to examine ?

Not a huge impact since I tend to remain logged in for weeks at a time. But I
would like to fix.

I am running Debian 13 - Trixie using the Mate desktop. The same thing happened
with Debian 12.

Thanks

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Alain Williams
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