Bug 217394

Summary:	Plasma desktop is slow to start up when there are more than 1 Activity.
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma4	Reporter:	NDHoa <hoameomu>
Component:	activities	Assignee:	Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	asraniel, finex, kde
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.5 and older
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Ubuntu
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description NDHoa 2009-12-05 01:22:59 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.4)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

Upgraded to KDE 4.3.4 from Kubuntu PPA, slow down in transition from Ksplash (KDE logo stage) to desktop when there are more than 1 activity in workspace.

* Problematic behaviour: KDE start is delayed by about 10 seconds in splash screen (in final stage, when KDE logo is displayed).
* Expected behaviour: KDE logo during splash disappears even before it is fully unblured.

- With more than 1 activity, I change the splash screen to SimpleSmall, I can access the desktop in same the position as KDE icon (SimpleSmall splash has nothing fancy but only a black progress bar). Still have to wait 10-15s for it to blur out. When the splash's black progress bar is filled, the log in sound is played. Then I try to disable login sound, no luck, still the extra 10-15s compare to 4.3.3.

Reproducible steps:
- kquitapp plasma-desktop; mv ~/.kde/share/config/plasma-desktop* ; logout then login; add 1 more activity; logout then login.
- Create a new user account, create 1 more activity; logout and then login.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Karmic
Release: 9.10

Comment 1 FiNeX 2009-12-05 12:44:50 UTC

Some days ago I've tried to work with 12 activities (two monitor and six virtual desktop means exactly 12 activities plus some extra autocreated due to another reported bug). I've noticed a slowdown of the login too. (I've experienced it on trunk)

Comment 2 NDHoa 2009-12-05 15:10:18 UTC

May you try to reproduce it with a new user account?

I have this extra 10-15s from the splash (at KDE logo stage) to the desktop even for a new user account, no plasmoids, merely 2 activities on the second login.

I asked in KDE forums, but 2 replies so far on Debian, openSUSE and Arch couldn't reproduce it. http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=84282&p=139783

Cheers,

Comment 3 FiNeX 2009-12-05 17:43:51 UTC

Of course, old or new account is the same :-)

Comment 4 Nicolas L. 2010-06-07 18:29:24 UTC

Do you reproduce with kde 4.4 or 4.5beta ?

Comment 5 Beat Wolf 2010-10-20 09:34:29 UTC

in 4.5 activity management has changed very much. please test again if the bug is still present.

Comment 6 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-06-03 18:53:41 UTC

Closing for lack of feedback. Please feel free to reopen this report if you can still reproduce this with KDE 4.8.3 or later.