Since the August stable KDE update I've been experiencing a greater than 2 minute delay logging into KDE using KDM. The login dialogs work fine, the dialog disappears immediately, and then I wait over 2 minutes before I get the KDE process graphics that shows a disk and other pictures before finally showing the big 'K' icon. Once KDE (or KDM) starts showing these graphics it all proceeds normally. The delay is between hitting enter for the password and the start of these graphics. If I disable xdm and/or boot with gentoo=nox I can get into KDE without any delay using startx. I also emerged xfce4 as a test and it starts immediately from KDM. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: /etc/init.d/xdm start & login Actual Results: Takes over 2 minutes before I can use KDE. The following is what I see in /var/log/messages: Aug 24 05:49:01 c2RAID6 acpid: client connected from 2401[0:0] Aug 24 05:49:01 c2RAID6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Aug 24 05:49:01 c2RAID6 acpid: client connected from 2401[0:0] Aug 24 05:49:01 c2RAID6 acpid: 1 client rule loaded Aug 24 05:50:01 c2RAID6 cron[2416]: (root) CMD (test -x /usr/sbin/run-crons && /usr/sbin/run-crons) Aug 24 05:50:31 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' (using servicehelper) Aug 24 05:50:31 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Aug 24 05:50:31 c2RAID6 polkitd[2502]: Started polkitd version 0.110 Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 polkitd[2502]: Loading rules from directory /etc/polkit-1/rules.d Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 polkitd[2502]: Loading rules from directory /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 polkitd[2502]: Finished loading, compiling and executing 1 rules Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 polkitd[2502]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1 on the system bus Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit' Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 kdm: :0[2404]: pam_unix(kde:session): session opened for user mark by (uid=0) Aug 24 05:50:32 c2RAID6 kdm: :0[2404]: pam_ck_connector(kde:session): nox11 mode, ignoring PAM_TTY :0 Aug 24 05:52:44 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.UPower' (using servicehelper) Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower' Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 258.956188] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 258.956194] ata1: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.052702] ata11.00: configured for UDMA/100 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.058874] ata11.01: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.058877] ata11: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.191069] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.196621] ata12.01: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.196627] ata12: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.363780] ata12.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.367325] ata12.01: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.367329] ata12: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.435841] ata13.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.435845] ata13: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.498654] ata14.00: configured for UDMA/133 Aug 24 05:52:45 c2RAID6 kernel: [ 259.498657] ata14: EH complete Aug 24 05:52:46 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Activating service name='org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' (using servicehelper) Aug 24 05:52:46 c2RAID6 dbus[2067]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.kde.powerdevil.backlighthelper' c2RAID6 ~ # emerge --info Portage 2.2.1 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde, gcc-4.6.3, glibc-2.15-r3, 3.8.13-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.8.13-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7_CPU_X_980_@_3.33GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 24687740 total, 7141796 free KiB Swap: 12602976 total, 12602976 free Timestamp of tree: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:15:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.12-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r2, 3.2.5-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.10.2-r2 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6, 1.12.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.7 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo vmware ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1 PUEL AdobeFlash-10.3 skype-eula google-chrome skype-4.0.0.7-copyright google-talkplugin Google-TOS" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/config /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y --jobs=5" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ " LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" MAKEOPTS="-j13 -l8" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/var/lib/layman/vmware" SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 berkdb branding bzip2 cairo cdda cdr cleartype cli corefonts cracklib crypt cxx dbus declarative dri dts dvd dvdr emboss encode exif fam firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer gtk iconv java jpeg jpeg2k kde kipi lcms ldap libnotify mad mmx mng modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl ogg opengl openmp pam pango pcre pdf phonon plasma png policykit ppds qt3support qt4 readline sdl semantic-desktop session spell sse sse2 ssl ssse3 startup-notification svg tcpd tiff truetype type1 udev unicode usb vdpau vorbis wxwidgets x264 xcb xcomposite xinerama xml xscreensaver xv xvid xvmc zlib" ABI_X86="64" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump author" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-5" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby19 ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON c2RAID6 ~ #
c2RAID6 ~ # emerge -pv kdm These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] kde-base/kdm-4.10.5-r1:4 USE="(consolekit) handbook pam (-aqua) -debug -kerberos" 0 kB Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 kB c2RAID6 ~ # c2RAID6 ~ # cat /etc/portage/make.conf # Please consult /usr/share/portage/config/make.conf.example for a more # detailed example. CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" # WARNING: Changing your CHOST is not something that should be done lightly. # Please consult http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/change-chost.xml before changing. CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" # These are the USE flags that were used in addition to what is provided by the # profile used for building. USE="gstreamer java jpeg2k ssse3 truetype type1 cleartype corefonts vdpau xvmc xinerama -bluetooth -cups -ipv6 -policykit -consolekit -upower -udisks" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ " SYNC="rsync://rsync.namerica.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" FEATURES="buildpkg" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y --jobs=5" MAKEOPTS="-j13 -l8" PORTAGE_NICENESS=5 PORTAGE_IONICE_COMMAND="ionice -c 3 -p \${PID}" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" ALSA_CARDS="hda-intel" LINGUAS="en" ACCEPT_LICENSE="dlj-1.1 PUEL AdobeFlash-10.3 skype-eula google-chrome skype-4.0.0.7-copyright google-talkplugin Google-TOS" #PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage/overlay/" source /var/lib/layman/make.conf c2RAID6 ~ #
At first glance appears similar but on my machine it's always a slightly longer than 2 minute delay and I not identified and problems with any applications once KDE gets started.
The problem appears to be specific to my KDE configuration. I'm the only daily user on this system but I do have other user accounts. None of them have any delays when logging in so it appears that this latest rev of KDE is having trouble with only my older KDE configuration files. I haven't done it yet but I suspect that if I delete everything it will work fine.
I'm going to mark this as resolved/invalid although I'll leave it to others to change the status if they see fit. This problem is somehow caused by newer NVidia drivers not handling multi-GPU setups like they did in times past. Don't ask me why it effects only KDM-based logins and nothing else on my system but it did. To get around it all I did was comment out everything in xorg.conf that had to do with the second adapter card & 3rd monitor. Now I have to run with just 2 monitors instead of 3 but login is immediate. I'll keep an old xorg.conf around if someone wants me to test something but for my immediate needs the problem is solved.
