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[Bruno Nova <1296420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I fail at copy-paste... Sorry, here's the correct path.

@sgh, I'll check that later, but I can only do that in Virtualbox.

** Patch added: "dont-delay-kde-start.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1296420/+attachment/4230013/+files/dont-delay-kde-start.patch

** Patch removed: "dont-delay-kde-start.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/1296420/+attachment/4229944/+files/dont-delay-kde-start.patch

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Title:
  Pulseaudio makes kde stall for a few seconds during startup

Status in “pulseaudio” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Quote from this post. :
  http://linuxadvantage.blogspot.dk/2013/01/kde-rather-slow-to-start-pulseaudio.html

  On many distributions delivering KDE, since version 4.2, I have often
  found incomprehensibles slowness between login step and the time the
  desktop is fully loaded and usable.

  Indeed, we can see unfold normally the KDE's "splashscreen" and the
  desktop appears but in the systray, all the icons are not loaded and
  it is not possible to run a program until the startup sound is heard.
  This is long seconds (10 or 15 for me) where nothing happens (no
  visible disk access).

  After answering on this thread [1] , I opened a bug in KDE and it
  appears that the culprit is PulseAudio.

  Indeed, it seems that PulseAudio package for KDE brings 2 startup
  files instead of one: "pulseaudio.desktop" and "pulseaudio-
  kde.desktop"

  This often generates a delay to load the desktop caused by the program
  that is trying to start twice.

  Note that this is not systematic, I guess in some cases, the correct
  file is launched before the bad and in this case, there isn't any
  delays.

  The solution: Just simply delete the unwanted file to retreive a fast loading time. This is valid for all distributions.
  - Open a console as root
  - Go to the directory /etc/xdg/autostart
  - Check that you have two files "pulseaudio.desktop" and "pulseaudio-kde.desktop" in this directory.
  - Delete the file "pulseaudio.desktop" (or rename it to "pulseaudio.desktop.disable" if you prefer to keep it)
  - Reboot normally there shouldn't be more delay now caused by PulseAudio to logon

  
  [1]  https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=312560

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: pulseaudio 1:4.0-0ubuntu10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-19.39-lowlatency 3.13.6
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-19-lowlatency i686
  ApportVersion: 2.13.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  sgh        2336 F.... pulseaudio
                        sgh        2796 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  sgh        2336 F.... pulseaudio
                        sgh        2796 F.... pulseaudio
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Sun Mar 23 22:22:58 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-24 (89 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha i386 (20131224)
  SourcePackage: pulseaudio
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 07/02/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: G7ET31WW (1.13 )
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
  dmi.board.name: 2356GCG
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Not Defined
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG7ET31WW(1.13):bd07/02/2012:svnLENOVO:pn2356GCG:pvrThinkPadT430s:rvnLENOVO:rn2356GCG:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
  dmi.product.name: 2356GCG
  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T430s
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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