lxpanel, pcmanfm freeze/pause during second login

[made_in_nz]

I run into a problem with LXDE when I log in for a second time. In this case lxpanel and pcmanfm are both unresponsive (panel and window do not appear) for about 45 seconds after I log in and the X session is started.

I am running Arch linux and do not have a login manager. I log into my user account and run startx, and in my .xinitrc I have "exec ck-launch-session startlxde". I do not run pcmanfm as my desktop - in /etc/xdg/lxsession/LXDE/autostart I have commented out the line '@pcmanfm --no-desktop --profile lxde', so all that gets started is lxpanel and xscreensaver.

The first login is fine, but if I logout (lxde-logout), and then run startx again, there is a delay of about 45 seconds before lxpanel appears, and likewise if try and launch pcmanfm it also has the same delay. The X session has started and other programs start fine during this period.

I can't see anything much going on in terms of CPU or disk IO during this period.

I'm running the latest Arch Linux with
lxpanel 0.5.8-1
lxde-common 0.5.5-1
lxsession 0.4.6.1-1
pcmanfm 0.9.8-6
and a few other lxde packages.

Any thoughts on what is causing this would be much appreciated.

[amjjawad]

Hello there,

I know this is a late reply but I just saw your post.

I have never used Arch before, I'm using Lubuntu 11.04 as a native LXDE Distro.
I know LXDE components can be used independently

Unlike other tightly integrated desktops LXDE strives to be modular, so each component can be used independently with few dependencies. This makes porting LXDE to different distributions and platforms easier.

http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Main_Page

but perhaps something is missing in your case? I mean a package or two could be missing? I'm just guessing because I don't have similar scenario.