Public bug reported: All applications I've tried (Gedit, Terminal, Firefox, Gimp, Epiphany, Gnometris, Gxine, Calculator and more..) take from 5 to 15 seconds to appear once I launch them. Before launching the app, the system shows 4-6% cpu usage. Upon launching, the usage goes up to 100% for about 5 to 15 seconds and stays at 100% until the app appears and then it falls back down to 4-10%. This has been the case since I've installed Dapper (a fresh install). Once the apps are running, they appear to function normally although dialog boxes launched from menus seem a little sluggish to appear (1 to 2 seconds). Applications close quickly and menu selection from the panels appears fluid.
I am currently getting a HAL initialization failure upon bootup as well, although this doesn't seem to be affecting any other behaviour of the system. Although I guess it might be related. I know there are several bug reports dealing with this issue - it still seems unresolved. My system is not that old. I think Dapper should be running much quicker than it is. It is *much* less responsive than XP on this machine. My system specs are as follows: P4 - 2.93 GHz 1GB ram Kernel - 2.6.15-26-686 (just upgraded with no effect on the above behaviour) Video - Intel 915G chipset on-board graphics Sound - Realtek (ALSA) HDrives - 2- 160GB (1 SATA, 1 IDE) This is my first bug report, I'm not sure if I should be including other information in my post. Please let me know of any missing information that might help. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- All applications are slow to launch on Dapper https://launchpad.net/bugs/52719 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs