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    Very slow to open a new window or start an application

    Hi,

    I've installed knoppix on the harddisk.

    I have an annoying problem: it takes more than 10 seconds to open a new window or an application. For example: to open the configuration window on Konqueror (settings>configure konqueror) it takes 13 seconds.
    Starting new applications also takes a lot of time before the window comes up on the screen.
    And this happens after a fresh reboot!
    When I'm running top while opening a new window or starting a new application, it shows that kdeinit is at the #1 cpu users using sometimes more than 90%.

    I don't think this is normal, because beside these problems knoppix is quite fast and WindowsXP is also fast on this computer (1GHz; 256Mb; Radeon9500). Maybe I have installed/removed/updated something that did this, but I can't remember what.

    I don't know what I can do to solve this problem. Anywone here have an idea?

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    maybe...

    i had the same problem but after doin a clean reinstalation and configure the things whithout search de way now works fine

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    Re: Very slow to open a new window or start an application

    Quote Originally Posted by eric2
    Hi,

    I've installed knoppix on the harddisk.

    I have an annoying problem: it takes more than 10 seconds to open a new window or an application. For example: to open the configuration window on Konqueror (settings>configure konqueror) it takes 13 seconds.
    Starting new applications also takes a lot of time before the window comes up on the screen.
    And this happens after a fresh reboot!
    When I'm running top while opening a new window or starting a new application, it shows that kdeinit is at the #1 cpu users using sometimes more than 90%.

    I don't think this is normal, because beside these problems knoppix is quite fast and WindowsXP is also fast on this computer (1GHz; 256Mb; Radeon9500). Maybe I have installed/removed/updated something that did this, but I can't remember what.

    I don't know what I can do to solve this problem. Anywone here have an idea?
    That sounds like a problem with KDE somewhere what do you have installed for it to check use dpkg -l | grep 3.1.[345] the "|" character is a pipe on my keyboard you use the shift and \ keys at the same time to get it, can you post the output of the command so we can see it. You may want to try opening a console window (clam shell icon on the taskbar) and typing in say konqueror and see what the messages are in the window as it starts that may give you a clue as to what it is trying to do.

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    dpkg -l | grep 3.1.[345]:
    ii ark 3.1.5-1 KDE archiving tool
    rc artsbuilder 3.1.5-1 Arts synthesizer designer
    ii emacs21 21.3+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor
    ii emacs21-common 21.3+1-4 The GNU Emacs editor's common
    infrastructure
    ii gawk 3.1.3-2 GNU awk, a pattern scanning and processing
    l
    ii kaddressbook 3.1.5-1 KDE NG addressbook application
    ii kalarm 3.1.5-1 KDE alarm message and command scheduler
    ii kamera 3.1.5-1 digital camera io_slave for Konquerer
    ii kandy 3.1.5-1 KDE mobile phone utility
    ii kappfinder 3.1.5-1 KDE Application Finder
    ii karm 3.1.5-1 KDE time tracker tool
    ii kasteroids 3.1.5-1 Asteroids for KDE
    ii kate 3.1.5-1 KDE Advanced Text Editor
    ii kate-plugins 3.1.5-2 plugins for Kate, the KDE Advanced Text
    Edit
    ii katomic 3.1.5-1 Atomic Entertainment game for KDE
    ii kbattleship 3.1.5-1 Battleship game for KDE
    ii kbounce 3.1.5-1 Jezzball clone for the K Desktop
    Environment
    ii kcalc 3.1.5-1 KDE calculator
    ii kcharselect 3.1.5-1 KDE character selector
    ii kcmlinuz 3.1.5-1 KDE Frontend for the Linux kernel
    configurat
    ii kcoloredit 3.1.5-1 An editor for palette files
    ii kcontrol 3.1.5-1 KDE Control Center
    ii kcron 3.1.5-1 KDE Crontab editor
    ii kdat 3.1.5-1 KDE tape backup tool
    ii kdeaddons-kfil 3.1.5-2 KDE file dialog plugins for text files and
    f
    ii kdeadmin-kfile 3.1.5-1 KDE File dialog plugins for deb and rpm
    file
    ii kdebase-bin 3.1.5-1 KDE Base (binaries)
    ii kdebase-data 3.1.5-1 KDE Base (shared data)
    ii kdebase-kio-pl 3.1.5-1 KDE I/O Slaves
    ii kdegraphics-kf 3.1.5-1 provide meta information for graphic files
    ii kdelibs-bin 3.1.5-1 KDE core binaries
    ii kdelibs-data 3.1.5-1 KDE core shared data
    ii kdelibs4 3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries
    ii kdelibs4-dev 3.1.5-1 KDE core libraries (development files)
    ii kdemultimedia- 3.1.5-1 au/avi/m3u/mp3/ogg/wav plugins for kfile
    ii kdenetwork-kfi 3.1.5-1 KFile Email Plugin
    ii kdepasswd 3.1.5-1 KDE password changer
    ii kdepim 3.1.5-1 KDE Personal Information Management
    metapack
    ii kdepim-kfile-p 3.1.5-1 KDE File dialog plugins for vcf files.
    ii kdepim-libs 3.1.5-1 KDE PIM libraries
    ii kdeprint 3.1.5-1 KDE Print
    ii kdesktop 3.1.5-1 KDE Desktop
    ii kdessh 3.1.5-1 KDE ssh frontend
    ii kdf 3.1.5-1 KDE disk free
    rc kdm 3.1.5-1 KDE Display Manager
    ii kdvi 3.1.5-1 KDE dvi viewer
    ii kedit 3.1.5-1 KDE text editor
    ii kfax 3.1.5-1 KDE G3/G4 Fax Viewer
    ii kfind 3.1.5-1 KDE File Find Utility
    ii kfloppy 3.1.5-1 KDE floppy formatter
    ii kgeo 3.1.5-2 interactive geometry program for KDE
    ii kget 3.1.5-1 KDE Download Manager
    ii kghostview 3.1.5-1 PostScript viewer for KDE
    ii kgpgcertmanage 3.1.5-1 KDE Certificate Manager
    ii khelpcenter 3.1.5-1 KDE Help Center
    ii khexedit 3.1.5-1 KDE hex editor
    ii kicker 3.1.5-1 KDE Desktop Panel
    ii kiconedit 3.1.5-1 An icon editor for creating KDE icons
    ii kjots 3.1.5-1 KDE note taking utility
    ii klaptopdaemon 3.1.5-1 KDE battery monitoring and management for
    la
    ii klipper 3.1.5-1 KDE Clipboard
    ii kmahjongg 3.1.5-1 the classic mahjongg game for KDE project
    ii kmail 3.1.5-1 KDE Email client
    ii kmailcvt 3.1.5-1 KDE KMail addressbook converter
    ii kmenuedit 3.1.5-1 KDE Menu Editor
    ii kmix 3.1.5-1 KDE based mixer app
    ii kmrml 3.1.5-1 A Konqueror plugin for searching pictures
    ii knode 3.1.5-1 KDE news reader
    ii knotes 3.1.5-1 KDE Notes
    ii kompare 3.1.5-1 a KDE GUI for viewing differences between
    fi
    ii konq-plugins 3.1.5-2 plugins for Konqueror, the KDE
    file/web/doc
    ii konqueror 3.1.5-1 KDE's advanced File Manager, Web Browser
    and
    ii konqueror-nspl 3.1.5-1 Netscape plugin support for Konqueror
    ii konsole 3.1.5-1 KDE X terminal emulator
    ii kooka 3.1.5-1 Scanner program for KDE
    ii korganizer 3.1.5-1 KDE personal organizer
    ii kpackage 3.1.5-1 KDE Software package tool
    ii kpager 3.1.5-1 KDE Desktop Pager
    ii kpaint 3.1.5-1 A Simple Paint Program for KDE
    ii kpersonalizer 3.1.5-1 KDE Personalizer
    ii kpf 3.1.5-1 KDE public fileserver
    ii kpilot 3.1.5-1 KDE Palm Pilot hot-sync tool
    ii kppp 3.1.5-1 KDE dialer and frontend to pppd
    ii krdc 3.1.5-1 KDE Remote Desktop Client
    ii kreversi 3.1.5-1 Reversi for KDE
    ii krfb 3.1.5-1 KDE Remote Screen Server
    ii kruler 3.1.5-1 a screen ruler and color measurement tool
    fo
    ii kscd 3.1.5-1 KDE based cd player
    ii ksmserver 3.1.5-1 KDE Session Manager
    ii ksnapshot 3.1.5-1 Screenshot application for KDE
    ii ksokoban 3.1.5-1 Sokoban game for KDE
    ii ksplash 3.1.5-1 KDE Splash Screen
    ii kstars 3.1.5-2 desktop planetarium for KDE
    ii ksync 3.1.5-1 KDE Sync
    ii ksysv 3.1.5-1 KDE SysV-style init configuration editor
    ii kteatime 3.1.5-2 KDE utility for making a fine cup of tea
    ii ktimer 3.1.5-1 KDE timer
    ii ktip 3.1.5-1 Kandalf's Useful Tips
    ii kuickshow 3.1.5-1 KDE image/slideshow viewer
    ii kuser 3.1.5-1 KDE user/group administration tool
    ii kview 3.1.5-1 KDE simple image viewer/converter
    ii kviewshell 3.1.5-1 KDE generic framework for viewer
    application
    ii kwin 3.1.5-1 KDE Window Manager
    ii kxconfig 3.1.5-1 KDE display configuration tool
    ii libkdegames1 3.1.5-1 KDE games library and common files
    ii libkdenetwork2 3.1.5-1 KDE Network (common libraries)
    ii libkonq4 3.1.5-1 Core libraries for KDE's file manager
    ii libkscan1 3.1.5-1 Scanner library for KDE
    ii libmimelib1 3.1.5-1 KDE network mime library
    ii lisa 3.1.5-1 LAN Information Server
    rc noatun 3.1.5-1 Media player (for video and audio)
    ii secpolicy 3.1.5-1 KDE PAM security policy configuration tool
    Starting konqueror from a shell:
    popoup cleared! (2)
    old clean Pix used
    creating new cleanpix
    cleaning offscreen buffer
    cleaning onscreen buffer
    popoup cleared! (2)
    old clean Pix used
    creating new cleanpix
    cleaning offscreen buffer
    cleaning onscreen buffer
    popoup cleared! (2)
    old clean Pix used
    creating new cleanpix
    cleaning offscreen buffer
    cleaning onscreen buffer
    old clean Pix used
    creating new cleanpix
    cleaning offscreen buffer
    cleaning onscreen buffer
    old clean Pix used
    creating new cleanpix
    cleaning offscreen buffer
    cleaning onscreen buffer
    popoup cleared! (2)
    ASSERT: "m_widget" in ../../kdeui/kaction.cpp (2993)
    ASSERT: "m_widget" in ../../kdeui/kaction.cpp (2993)
    The last 2 lines are written after/when I quit konqueror, the other lines are written when I 'play around' with the menus and configuration window.

    By the way, when I'm logged in as regular user, root can't execute apps that open a window:
    root@Knoppix:/etc# /usr/bin/konqueror
    Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
    Xlib: No protocol specified

    konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0.0
    Is this normal?

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    That looks like it is alright you may want to try moving the .kde directory to a backup and let it re-create the settings with the defaults and see if that helps. eg. from a console login then using su to become root mv /home/user_name/.kde /home/user_name/.kde.backup then use /etc/init.d/kdm restart to restart kde and get a new login screen. Sometimes the settings get messed up when you upgrade.

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