Re: 3 minute delay at login
On Thu, 2025-10-23 at 16:42 +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 02:21:39PM +0100, alain williams wrote:
> > I am trying to track down & fix an issue that I have had for
> > months.
>
> Apart from the other proposals, this /might/ also be a network
> timeout
> (DNS lookup or something). So if the machine seems to be "doing
> nothing",
> this might be something to check.
And now even further to the other replies, it wouldn't hurt to see how
your autostart programs are doing. I'm on XFCE4 desktop environment. I
reach my settings by clicking the Applications [button] at top left of
screen then clicking Settings in the list that drops down.
Next I chose "Session and Startup" then click the "Application Startup"
tab. I've eyeballed those items in the past and was able to pinpoint my
own problem child in a situation just like this.
I couldn't remember the name of "System Tray" so.. I asked ChatGPT. I
told it I was hoping to help someone having this login stall problem.
It said:
"These programs (like nm-applet, xfce4-power-manager, etc.) are usually
started via .desktop files located in ~/.config/autostart/ or
/etc/xdg/autostart/. When one of them hangs during startup, it can
delay the appearance of the desktop — exactly the kind of 3-minute
freeze your friend is seeing.
So, to summarize, you can tell them:
'Check your autostart programs — especially those shown in the
Notification Area (System Tray) of the XFCE panel. A misbehaving applet
there can delay your desktop from loading.'
If you’d like, I can suggest a few commands or diagnostic steps (like
testing login times with 'xfce4-panel --quit' and '--restart', or
temporarily disabling autostarts one by one) to help pinpoint the
culprit quickly."
Hoping that helps somehow. Like I said, something in my own autostart
was having problems, maybe something like mousepad looking for a file
that no longer existed or something. The autostart settings were my own
first approach, and that solved my issue.
Oh, PS For that "xfce4-panel" suggestion, that name will surely vary
based on one's personal CHOICE of desktop environment.
Cindy... :)
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