Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-19 Thread Graham Smith
Robert, Thanks for this. If you don't have another machine handy you might be able to figure out > what's going on using a tty on the same machine: once you get the login > screen up switch to a tty (ctrl-alt-F1 for the first one) and login > there, start top, switch back to the graphical login (

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-17 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:21 +, "Graham Smith" wrote: > Over the last few days when booting up Maverick, the screen stays blank > (wallpaper only) for several seconds to over a minute before the panels > appear. > > I assume I have done something (or an update has done something) but can > anyon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Graham Smith
Chris On 16 December 2010 19:26, Chris Wilson wrote: > I too am experiencing this, though I had put it down to my machine being a > development box and thus has had a lot of extra applications installed, and > generally been tinkered with. > > In my case its a fresh (ish) install only a couple o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Chris Wilson
I too am experiencing this, though I had put it down to my machine being a development box and thus has had a lot of extra applications installed, and generally been tinkered with. On 16 December 2010 19:21, Graham Smith wrote: > Over the last few days when booting up Maverick, the screen stays

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 10.10 panels very slow to launch on boot

2010-12-16 Thread Graham Smith
Over the last few days when booting up Maverick, the screen stays blank (wallpaper only) for several seconds to over a minute before the panels appear. I assume I have done something (or an update has done something) but can anyone suggest a fix for this, I keep on expecting the panels to simply n