Bug 63789

Summary:	KDE "preload" in kdm
Product:	[Unmaintained] kdm	Reporter:	Konrad Twardowski <kdtonline>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdm bugs tracker <kdm-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	l.lunak
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
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Description Konrad Twardowski 2003-09-06 10:49:40 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1.3)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

2nd KDE startup (after X restart or logout) is much, much faster, because KDE libs/files are already in the filesystem cache.

Is it possible to "preload" frequently used files before login ?

Comment 1 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-09-14 14:04:20 UTC

that idea suffers from a fundamental problem ... if 20 session types are defined, 
should all of them be prefetched then? :} 
the prefetching itself is technically doable; every session type that wants it would 
have to provide a script for this task.

Comment 2 Lubos Lunak 2003-09-17 11:33:32 UTC

I believe this issue will be solved with 2.6 kernels: 
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-optimize&m=104756256414428&w=2

Comment 3 Oswald Buddenhagen 2003-09-17 12:32:10 UTC

Subject: Re:  KDE "preload" in kdm

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 09:33:34AM -0000, Luboš Lu

Comment 4 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-05-22 23:16:31 UTC

i decided not to handle this in kdm. here are a few links to threads relating this issue:
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-optimize&m=107875178924596&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-optimize&m=107943686019056&w=2
http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-optimize&m=107954681501259&w=2

Comment 5 Oswald Buddenhagen 2004-07-23 16:56:24 UTC

ok, this is now half-implemented. for the time the greeter is up, a program configurable with the Preloader option is run. it doesn't know anything about the user to log in or the selected session, so it is purely speculative.
actually writing a kde preloader is on lubos' todo list.