Re: GNome slow on Linux Mandrake

[Harold Campbell <hcamp muerte net>]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Harold" == Harold Campbell <hcamp@muerte.net> writes:
> 
> Harold> I don't know about the logout button bit, but I did have the
> Harold> slow startup problem that was solvable by deleting
> Harold> /tmp/.ICE-unix (On RH no less). It seemed to be gnome-session
> Harold> acting strangely.
> 
> Thanks.  The two problems are related.  A slow startup means the
> programs aren't contacting the session manager; as a result of this
> the logout button (which requires a SM connection to work) does
> nothing.
> 

Yes, I figured as much. Actually I think I did have the logout problem,
but I was much more annoyed by the other, so it had faded from memory.

I'm going to try to reproduce the problem when I get to work in a little
while to see if it's still in October Gnome.

--
Harold