Slow loading to Cinnamon Desktop

[CupidsHelper]

I had noticed that LM 16 Cinnamon loaded to desktop very slow, close to a minute (GRUB to desktop), to see my desktop. Not a major gripe, since everything else worked really well. I tried various Ubuntu default flavors (Installed), loaded from GRUB to desktop on average 30 to 40 seconds.

Then LM 17 Cinnamon Loads to desktop even slower, est. 80 seconds. The LM 17 KDE version is somewhat better, est. 50 seconds.

Anyone else having a similar issue?

[nomko]

what are your system spec's: Can you run the following terminal command and paste the output here:

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inxi -Fxz

Next time, please comply with forum rule #5 about providing detailed info when asking a question.

[CupidsHelper]

what are your system spec's: Can you run the following terminal command and paste the output here:

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inxi -Fxz

Next time, please comply with forum rule #5 about providing detailed info when asking a question.

The inxi -Fxz output is:

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System:    Host: heaven-seven Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.8.2) 
           Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine:   System: LENOVO (portable) product: IdeaPad Z585 version: IdeaPad Z585
           Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo version: ��������NULL Bios: LENOVO version: 60CN93WW date: 10/23/2012
CPU:       Quad core AMD A10-4600M APU with Radeon HD Graphics (-MCP-) cache: 8192 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm) bmips: 18366.2 
           Clock Speeds: 1: 1400.00 MHz 2: 1400.00 MHz 3: 1400.00 MHz 4: 1400.00 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660G] bus-ID: 00:01.0 
           X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1366x768@60.0hz 
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD ARUBA GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:14.2
           Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Trinity HDMI Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:01.1
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-32-generic
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller 
           driver: r8169 ver: 2.3LK-NAPI port: 1000 bus-ID: 01:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: bcma-pci-bridge bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 750.2GB (2.6% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST750LM022_HN size: 750.2GB 
Partition: ID: / size: 231G used: 19G (8%) fs: xfs ID: swap-1 size: 6.06GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap 
RAID:      No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 49.4C mobo: 49.3C gpu: 48.0 
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A 
Info:      Processes: 174 Uptime: 2:48 Memory: 1266.9/5324.2MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.8.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4 

Hmmm...my clock speeds are incorrect?? Should be showing at least 2300.00 MHZ and the "turbo" max is 3200.00 MHz.

Thanks nomko, for your response and advice.

[nomko]

Your graphic card is installed correctly and you have enough main memory. That's not the problem....

What is the content of your grub file, use this terminal command:

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cat /etc/default/grub

Paste the output here.

[CupidsHelper]

Your graphic card is installed correctly and you have enough main memory. That's not the problem....

What is the content of your grub file, use this terminal command:

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cat /etc/default/grub

Paste the output here.

OK nomko, thanks again, here is the output:

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# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
#   info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'

GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480

# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

[nomko]

There's no Grub timeout set. So that is also not the cause of your problem.

Do you have a SSD disc onboard???

[CupidsHelper]

There's no Grub timeout set. So that is also not the cause of your problem.

Do you have a SSD disc onboard???

No I do not.

Whoops! I had forgot, that I am using Antergos's GRUB, as the default one.
Here is ouput for that one.

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GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT=black/cyan
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=Antergos
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/starfield/theme.txt
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_BACKGROUND=/usr/share/wallpapers/Media_Life/contents/images/1440x900.jpg

[nomko]

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

This can be set to 0 (zero) if you don't have a dualboot. Saves 10 seconds during boot.

And you used on Mint 16 also the Antergos's GRUB??

[CupidsHelper]

GRUB_TIMEOUT=10

This can be set to 0 (zero) if you don't have a dualboot. Saves 10 seconds during boot.

And you used on Mint 16 also the Antergos's GRUB??

Hey nomko. Sorry late response. That is a good tip. For me, I start the countdown after I hit enter on the boot selection.

And you used on Mint 16 also the Antergos's GRUB??

No, back then, just had LM and Ubuntu flavors.