Strange slowdown on startup

[jlking3]

This is not critical, but it is aggravating, especially considering how fast LXDE was opening at first.

After the login, the panel with all the related icons are displayed almost immediately and are usable.

However, it sometimes takes as long as 30 seconds for the desktop wallpaper and desktop files to appear after the panel starts up. This is a recent time delay: my computer used to get to a beautiful wallpaper and desktop within a second after the panel started up.

I've tried deep-cleaning the cache with Bleachbit, but I don't know where or how to troubleshoot this so that I can get the startup performance back. Once started up, there seems to be no delay issues. I tried Googling but got frustrated: Googling "lxde desktop slow" got me a lot of "my old desktop was slow, but with lxde, it's fast" posts.

Thanks in advance for any help. This isn't critical, as I said before, just annoying.

[nobange]

I thought you described my problem, but mine is a little different. After login, panel, desktop wallpaper and icons show immediately, but I have to wait about 15 seconds to run any program. If I right click on desktop, choose desktop properties, the window doesn't appear immediately. After 15-20 sec everything works fast as usual.

[Marty Jack]

Those of you who want help with problems are going to have to get used to identifying the distro you are running, how you got LXDE, what version it is, and such details. Also, starting with your distro as a means of support is in many cases going to be more effective.

This is like saying "my car won't start when it's cold" without saying what kind of car it is, and how many miles you have on it, and how long it is since you got a tuneup.

[jlking3]

My apologies. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04.1.

I didn't go directly to Ubuntu's website because most Ubuntu users use GNOME. I was using the netbook edition on my laptop before switching to LXDE.

I'll check on Ubuntu's site before posting in this thread again.

[Marty Jack]

One way that occurs to me to get a handle on this is to ssh in from another machine and use things like the 'top' command to see what is running during that slowdown and taking the time. It could be that an upgrade installed something that has a bug in it that doesn't agree with your system.

[craigevil]

I thought you described my problem, but mine is a little different. After login, panel, desktop wallpaper and icons show immediately, but I have to wait about 15 seconds to run any program. If I right click on desktop, choose desktop properties, the window doesn't appear immediately. After 15-20 sec everything works fast as usual.

Same thing happens here. Running Debian sid, happens on stock Debian kernel and the liquorix kernel. Using LXDE from the Debian repos.
Happens on Intel driver and both the stable and beta Nvidia drivers.

lxde:
Installed: 0.5.0-4
Candidate: 0.5.0-4
Version table:
*** 0.5.0-4 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

pcmanfm:
Installed: 0.9.7-1
Candidate: 0.9.7-1
Version table:
*** 0.9.7-1 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
lxsession:
Installed: 0.4.4-3
Candidate: 0.4.4-3
Version table:
*** 0.4.4-3 0
500 http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ sid/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

My computer info:

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System:    Host craigevil Kernel 2.6.32-5-686 i686 (32 bit) Distro Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 (-HT-) cache 1024 KB flags (lm nx sse sse2 sse3) bmips 5585.68 
           Clock Speeds: (1) 2792.841 MHz (2) 2792.841 MHz
Graphics:  Card nVidia G96 [GeForce 9400 GT] X.Org 1.7.7 Res: 1280x1024@50.0hz 
           GLX Renderer GeForce 9400 GT/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 260.19.06 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel BusID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.21
Network:   Card Intel 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver e100 v: 3.5.24-k2-NAPI at port dcc0 BusID: 03:08.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (20.1% used) 1: /dev/sda WDC_WD1600JS 160.0GB 
Partition: ID:/ size: 103G used: 30G (31%) fs: ext3 ID:swap-1 size: 5.25GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
Info:      Processes 107 Uptime 2 days Memory 307.8/2016.5MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.18