Re: slow X and kdm startup

From: Joe Mc Cool (joe_at_benburb.demon.co.uk)
Date: 08/17/05

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    Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:39:11 +0100
To: Joe Mc Cool <joe@benburb.demon.co.uk>

    Joe Mc Cool wrote:

    > Sarge, and with either 2.2 or 2.6 kernels:
    >
    > at boot up I get a login prompt at the F1 console ok.
    >
    > After about 10 secs, the screen goes blank.
    >
    > After another very long delay I get an hour glass in the middle on the
    > screen at F7.
    >
    > There is another very long delay before I get a KDE login prompt.

    while running say:

        startx -- :1 vt8

    for a very long time top reports that XFree86 is consuming over 90% of cpu

    running:

        tail -f /var/log/XFree86.1.log

    gives:

    ==============================================
    ....
    ....
    (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
    (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
    (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
    (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
    (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
    (II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
    (II) S3VIRGE(0): VESA VBE DDC supported
    (II) S3VIRGE(0): VESA VBE DDC Level none
    (II) S3VIRGE(0): VESA VBE DDC transfer in appr. 0 sec.

    very long delay here

    (II) S3VIRGE(0): VESA VBE DDC read successfully
    (II) S3VIRGE(0): Manufacturer: @@@ Model: 0 Serial#: 0
    ....
    etc
    and away it goes
    ================================================================

    thanks

    Joe 

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