Very slow login on Ubuntu Karmic using LXDE

[joril]

Hi everyone!
A few days ago I installed Ubuntu Karmic on my PC, ad configured it to use LXDE. Everything was working fine, except that after I inserted my password at GDM it took ages to get to the desktop (about 16 seconds).
I checked the logs for a culprit, and I found in /var/log/gdm/xsplash-user.log those suspicious lines:

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[21:19:37:-1758809696 - MSG] throbber started (50 frames)
[21:19:52:-1773218135 - MSG] ** timeout **
[21:19:53:-1774407448 - MSG] fade finished
[21:19:53:-1774407151 - MSG] exiting...

Since the timeout takes about the same time as the lag I'm seeing between password and desktop, I googled for possible problems concerning "xsplash timeouts", and found this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/xsplash/+bug/412455
So maybe LXDE needs a patch about this too?

(Sorry if this is a known issue, I couldn't find any reference)

[gilir]

Yes, there is no support for xsplash, so login can be longer. The easier solution is to remove xsplash, or provide patchs for supporting xsplash

[joril]

My solution was to remove xsplash entirely indeed.. I should've said that, sorry! Anyway, so the LXDE people already know about this issue, good