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Message #25297
[Bug 1296420] Re: Pulseaudio makes kde stall for a few seconds during startup
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: pulseaudio (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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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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