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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
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> Slow Application start-up times.
>
> System:
> Sl: 6.4
> Kernel: 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.i686
> RAM: 6GB
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> Here are readings of some of my application start-ups:
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> 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.
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