First, I would suggest you to run some of these apps with strace, like: strace gedit
and see during what kind of operation the system is waiting. On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:32:34 +0100 <x...@gmx.com> wrote: > Slow Application start-up times. > > System: > Sl: 6.4 > Kernel: 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.i686 > RAM: 6GB > > Here are readings of some of my application start-ups: > > 1. gedit: 10sec [used to be <=2secs] > 2. Thunderbird Email: 3 minutes [used to be <=5secs] > 3. Chrome: 10sec [used to be <=3sec] > 4. File Browser: 12secs [used to be <=2sec] > 5. SL start-up itself takes more than 20 minutes. > 6. It takes about 5 minutes after the initial login for the gnome > workspace to be ready-to-go > > Indeed, every application takes (seems like) ages to start. Some of > these applications' start-up would even time-out, and would require a > second click to start. > > I don't know where to look for the cause(s). Please give me some clues > to work with. The problem started following an upgrade of Kernel early > this year. I have since upgraded the kernel, two (or so) more times. > > PLEASE! PLEASE! don't suggest that I reinstall SL. I am occasionally > very tempted to do just that, but it would delay the project I am > currently working on. > > > Thanks.
