hello guys & gals
I know this question was asked thousands of times and there are lots of solutions out there, I tried them all, but with no luck.
Symptoms
It takes about 3 to 5 minutes for Gnome to start up, I'm asked for my username/password and then the Gnome splash screen comes up, but it stays there for god damn 3-5 minutes!
Another thing is that running gnome programs takes a long time, like if you wana open the terminal, you have to wait for couple of minutes for it to come up after you click on its icon
What did I do?
Well, I googled and found several solutions, like adding "gnome_enable='YES'" to /etc/rc.conf file, which I did. Another solution was to make sure your hostname is like your machines name, since I'm not connected to any DNS, it can not be an issue, but if you insist, here is my untouched default /etc/hosts file:
# $FreeBSD: src/etc/hosts,v 1.16 2003/01/28 21:29:23 dbaker Exp $
#
# Host Database
#
# This file should contain the addresses and aliases for local hosts that
# share this file. Replace 'my.domain' below with the domainname of your
# machine.
#
# In the presence of the domain name service or NIS, this file may
# not be consulted at all; see /etc/nsswitch.conf for the resolution order.
#
#
::1 localhost localhost.my.domain
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.my.domain
#
# Imaginary network.
#10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname
#10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend
#
# According to RFC 1918, you can use the following IP networks for
# private nets which will never be connected to the Internet:
#
# 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
# 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
# 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
#
# In case you want to be able to connect to the Internet, you need
# real official assigned numbers. Do not try to invent your own network
# numbers but instead get one from your network provider (if any) or
# from your regional registry (ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, or AfriNIC.)
#
I also did whatever was suggested in this thread, i.e. I executed the following command:
find /usr -name "index.theme" -execdir gtk-update-icon-cache -f . \;
But things are still terribly slow. I was thinking about forgetting Gnome and seeking solace in KDE! I don't know if you ppl have any practical advice for this newbie.
Regards,
bijan