* Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030309 07:29 PST]: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:22:09AM +0000, Satish Iyer wrote: > > Hi, > > Whenever I start gnome (by typing gdm on the > > command line) it takes a log of time to start up. I > --snip--
> However, I suspect that you won't get much real improvement by > optimizing X. Gnome is big and slow and this is probably where the > time is used. Before you spend a lot of time optimizimg X, you may > want to install a light weight window manager for test purposes. A > comparison of startup times might prove illuminating. I think this is a good point. If you just want to start an X session for a single user (you), you should probably use 'startx' instead of 'gdm'. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.debian.org/ Set your computer Free.
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