Slow login and usage

[abhiroopb]

Have been using the same ubuntu installation since about gutsy. Now it seems that it has become horribly slow. I added another user and the time it takes the other user to go from logging in to full usability is MUCH faster than what it currently takes me, what could be causing it? Also generally my computer seems to have become a lot slower recently.

The reason I like ubuntu is because it has always been snappy, i.e. if I click on firefox it launches almost instantly, lately it seems that virtualbox is running xp faster than Ubuntu is running!

Help would be appreciated.

[sayakb]

Compiz takes some time to load (if you have it enabled, that is). Compiz hides the desktop until it is completely loaded. Plus, check the System->Preferences->Session for any useless startup application and remove them from there.

[abhiroopb]

I disabled compiz for exactly this reason. Also I do have a lot of applications running at startup, but I have tried booting by disabling all of them and its almost the same (the benefit is worth the extra wait). So, even after disabling all the apps its still a LOT slower than the other user.

What else slows down the login?

[sayakb]

I don't know this very well. The same happened when I installed too many packages including some bulky ones like NetBeans and other environments such as XFCE, IceWM, FluxBox, KDE4 etc. But that was valid for all user accounts, though with slight differences. This is not a solution, but you could shift your /home and work with a new account, can you?

[abhiroopb]

That is the option I was thinking of, but it means I'll have to change all my settings, etc. again which is a pain. I have attached my sessions file, and my boot up manager as well (as screenshots). Currently it takes 1min to go from starting the computer to the login screen and it takes 1:10 to go from the login screen to usable.

Also firefox and some programs start relatively slowly. Are there any known packages that cause general slowdown? I don't even have tracker running (as I don't really use search).

Also attached a list of installed packages.

[abhiroopb]

Packages:

acpi						install
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adduser						install
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alsa-utils					install
amarok						install
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apmd						install
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autofs						install
autofs-hesiod					install
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automake1.7					install
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avahi-autoipd					install
avahi-daemon					install
avast4workstation				install
avidemux					install
base-files					install
base-passwd					install
bash						install
bc						install
beforelight					install
belocs-locales-bin				install
billard-gl					install
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bind9-host					install
binfmt-support					install
binutils					install
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flashplugin-nonfree				install
fontconfig					install
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hdparm						install
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x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev			install
x11proto-xf86dga-dev				install
x11proto-xf86dri-dev				install
x11proto-xf86misc-dev				install
x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev			install
x11proto-xinerama-dev				install
xauth						install
xaw3dg						install
xbase-clients					install
xbiff						install
xbindkeys					install
xbitmaps					install
xboard						install
xcalc						install
xchat						install
xchat-common					install
xclipboard					install
xclock						install
xconsole					install
xcursor-themes					install
xcursorgen					install
xdg-user-dirs					install
xdg-user-dirs-gtk				install
xdg-utils					install
xdiskusage					install
xditview					install
xdpyinfo					install
xdriinfo					install
xev						install
xeyes						install
xf86dga						install
xfd						install
xfonts-100dpi					install
xfonts-75dpi					install
xfonts-base					install
xfonts-encodings				install
xfonts-scalable					install
xfonts-utils					install
xfontsel					install
xgamma						install
xgc						install
xhost						install
xinetd						install
xinit						install
xkb-data					install
xkbutils					install
xkill						install
xload						install
xlogo						install
xlsatoms					install
xlsclients					install
xlsfonts					install
xmag						install
xman						install
xmessage					install
xml-core					install
xmodmap						install
xmore						install
xorg						install
xorg-dev					install
xpmutils					install
xprop						install
xrandr						install
xrdb						install
xrefresh					install
xresprobe					install
xrgb						install
xsane-common					install
xscreensaver-data				install
xscreensaver-gl					install
xserver-xorg					install
xserver-xorg-core				install
xserver-xorg-dev				install
xserver-xorg-input-all				install
xserver-xorg-input-elographics			install
xserver-xorg-input-evdev			install
xserver-xorg-input-kbd				install
xserver-xorg-input-mouse			install
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics			install
xserver-xorg-input-wacom			install
xserver-xorg-video-all				install
xserver-xorg-video-amd				install
xserver-xorg-video-apm				install
xserver-xorg-video-ark				install
xserver-xorg-video-ati				install
xserver-xorg-video-chips			install
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus			install
xserver-xorg-video-cyrix			install
xserver-xorg-video-dummy			install
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev			install
xserver-xorg-video-glint			install
xserver-xorg-video-i128				install
xserver-xorg-video-i740				install
xserver-xorg-video-i810				install
xserver-xorg-video-imstt			install
xserver-xorg-video-intel			install
xserver-xorg-video-mga				install
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic			install
xserver-xorg-video-newport			install
xserver-xorg-video-nsc				install
xserver-xorg-video-nv				install
xserver-xorg-video-psb				install
xserver-xorg-video-rendition			install
xserver-xorg-video-s3				install
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge			install
xserver-xorg-video-savage			install
xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion		install
xserver-xorg-video-sis				install
xserver-xorg-video-sisusb			install
xserver-xorg-video-tdfx				install
xserver-xorg-video-tga				install
xserver-xorg-video-trident			install
xserver-xorg-video-tseng			install
xserver-xorg-video-v4l				install
xserver-xorg-video-vesa				install
xserver-xorg-video-vga				install
xserver-xorg-video-via				install
xserver-xorg-video-vmware			install
xserver-xorg-video-voodoo			install
xset						install
xsetmode					install
xsetpointer					install
xsetroot					install
xsltproc					install
xsm						install
xstdcmap					install
xterm						install
xtightvncviewer					install
xtrans-dev					install
xtrap						install
xubuntu-restricted-extras			install
xutils						install
xutils-dev					install
xvidtune					install
xvinfo						install
xvnc4viewer					install
xvncviewer					install
xwd						install
xwininfo					install
xwud						install
yelp						install
zenity						install
zip						install
zlib1g						install
zlib1g-dev					install

[earthdan]

how to view the list of the installed packages?

[uRock]

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