For me, it got even worse: couldn't even log in, the session simply dropped and it jumped back to login screen.
So, I finally decided to make my hands dirty and had a look at the code. The problem seemed to come from a utterly useless dbus call in accounts.c. The attached patch removes that silly stuff, seems to work for me now. (Most likely, I'll remove all the remaining useless dbus stuff). ** Patch added: "Remove silly dbus call to the "account-service"" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/996791/+attachment/3218282/+files/0002-Removed-silly-dbus-based-account-lookup.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/996791 Title: Xubuntu 12.04 extremely slow login To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accountsservice/+bug/996791/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs