Re: root can start "mahjongg" in 4 seconds, normal user in 39 seconds!

[n0dalus <n0dalus+redhat gmail com>]

On 2/1/06, Miles Lane <miles lane gmail com> wrote:
>
> Today I have noticed that when I launch apps, I first see a "Starting
> <progname>..." entry appear in the Window List applet.  Then, the
> "Starting..." disappears and about thirty seconds later the program
> window gets rendered.  I tested starting mahjongg as root from a
> command shell.  This brought up the program in 4 seconds.  I exited
> from the root login shell and tried launching mahjongg as a normal
> user from the command shell.  It took over forty seconds for the
> program window to appear.
>

It's working for me.

Can you do an strace of it with -tt and see what's taking so long?

n0dalus.