Bug 321695 - >=plasma-4.10.80 startup delay 4-7 seconds - blackness after splash screen has finished
Summary: >=plasma-4.10.80 startup delay 4-7 seconds - blackness after splash screen ha...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: plasma4
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: desktop (show other bugs)
Version: 4.11.0
Platform: Gentoo Packages Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2013-06-28 06:43 UTC by Andreas Sturmlechner
Modified: 2015-02-26 09:50 UTC (History)
11 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
Version Fixed In: 4.11.1
Sentry Crash Report:


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screencast (495.08 KB, application/octet-stream)
2013-06-29 13:35 UTC, Andreas Sturmlechner
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Description Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-06-28 06:43:40 UTC
Since beta1, there is a delay in plasma desktop startup. All I see after the splash screen has vanished is an unpleasant black background for a few seconds - then kwallet appears, and after that comes the plasma panel, background etc.

This happens all the time and also in a non-polluted new user environment.

I am on latest kernel, mesa and intel userspace drivers.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-06-28 06:45:24 UTC
Forgot to add that it is the same in 4.10.90.
Comment 2 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-06-29 13:35:29 UTC
Created attachment 80851 [details]
screencast

screencast trying to show what's happening. unfortunately, there seems to be a lot of frame skipping or sth like that - it is playing much too fast, depending on cpu load.

until 4.11, the splash screen always neatly faded into the plasma desktop.
Comment 3 Philip Muškovac 2013-06-30 12:41:35 UTC
This happens with the kubuntu 4.10.90 packages as well. Ksplash goes by very fast and quits into a black screen. A few seconds later plasma shows up.
Comment 4 Hrvoje Senjan 2013-06-30 12:45:21 UTC
@Philip, Andreas -> 83d301880e78a3aa43e0aedd8f40abb2a506f1ff (can't confirm 100%, but after that commit i noticed this behaviour)
Easy to test a revert though ;-)
Comment 5 Hrvoje Senjan 2013-06-30 12:52:07 UTC
I can confirm now.
@David,  any idea about this one?
Comment 6 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-06-30 14:05:55 UTC
Yes, fixed after revert.
Comment 7 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-07-16 22:14:44 UTC
still a problem in 4.10.95
Comment 8 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-07-27 09:05:32 UTC
same in 4.10.97 - please, let's have that fixed for the final...
Comment 9 Jonathan Riddell 2013-07-31 17:12:34 UTC
David's commit
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kde-workspace/repository/revisions/83d301880e78a3aa43e0aedd8f40abb2a506f1ff
any reason to have that in Plasma for KDE SC 4?
Comment 10 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-08-15 07:54:50 UTC
Still present in 4.11.0 :)
Comment 11 George Labuschagne 2013-08-15 19:33:42 UTC
Also effected by it and using openSuSE 12.3 64 bit with KDE 4.11.0 repos :)
Comment 12 Hrvoje Senjan 2013-08-15 19:43:59 UTC
Added review request - https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/112073/
Comment 13 Rex Dieter 2013-08-15 19:48:39 UTC
I can confirm issue reported here (and that the proposed fix in reviewboard #112073 seems to fix it).
Comment 14 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-08-15 19:55:56 UTC
Yes, I've basically using that patch since 4.10.90 without any trouble.
Comment 15 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-08-15 19:57:53 UTC
ah, sorry, that was the revert. I'll test your patch as well.
Comment 16 Markus 2013-08-17 13:25:32 UTC
The same for me with the current build from neon ppa on Kubuntu. But my desktop keeps black, the panel shows up shortly and disappears. I have to use Alt+F2 to start applications.
Comment 17 Andreas Sturmlechner 2013-08-18 00:13:25 UTC
(In reply to comment #12)
> Added review request - https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/112073/

This works fine on my system, thanks. :)
Comment 18 Hrvoje Senjan 2013-08-20 11:36:56 UTC
Git commit bb2bddb083eb293786206ac91ae1feeaf942db32 by Hrvoje Senjan.
Committed on 20/08/2013 at 11:35.
Pushed by hrvojes into branch 'KDE/4.11'.

Partially revert commit 83d3018

Somehow unique made ksplash quit too soon and/or plasma start
too late

REVIEW: 112073
FIXED-IN: 4.11.1

M  +1    -1    plasma/desktop/shell/data/plasma-desktop.desktop

http://commits.kde.org/kde-workspace/bb2bddb083eb293786206ac91ae1feeaf942db32