alain williams <[email protected]> writes: > I am trying to track down & fix an issue that I have had for months. > > After I enter my password the screen just shows that desktop > background/wallpaper. The mouse is there and it will move but no panels or > icons. It remains like this for ~3 minutes and then panels, icons, ... all > appear and I can do work. > > I can switch to a terminal (Ctrl-Shift-F1) & login but there is not something > that is obviously waiting. > > Any clues or suggestions as to what to examine ? > > Not a huge impact since I tend to remain logged in for weeks at a time. But I > would like to fix. > > I am running Debian 13 - Trixie using the Mate desktop. The same thing > happened > with Debian 12. > > Thanks
Maybe look in .xsession-errors Or, start up another X from a console as root: xinit -- :1 and see the messages on the console. or startx -- :1
