Here's what finally fixed it for me. I completely removed both KDE and Gnome. Then, I used aptitude to reinstall them. This page explains how to do this: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome and: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde
Once Gnome and KDE are gone, and their config files purged (use the -purge switch), you can reinstall them by: # apt-get install ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop OR: # aptitude install ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop After I did this, the desktop began loading normally. It should take a few hours depending on your internet and PC speed. Of course, this doesn't pinpoint exactly what the problem was, but it does fix it. I suspect it was a problem caused by improperly upgrading from Feisty. -- [Gutsy] very slow gnome startup https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/128803 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
