Both your short dns name and fqdn must resolve correctly and be connectable via network. Gnome has for years slowed to crawl if they haven't. It is not a bug, it is a reasonable assumption that every host has a properly working name. If you have a special networking needs, add the hostname(s) to your /etc/hosts to point to 127.0.0.1 .
Most likely you have enabled some non-default networking configuration (enabling firewalls, have bad working dns servers around, vpn's or such). ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- GNOME desktop slow to fully start https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/110775 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs