Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

[biosftw]

Well the subject states the problem : =)

[Snowhog]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Without your hardware specs, and version of KDE, the subject isn't enough. :P

[biosftw]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Dammit : )
4.6.2 is the KDE version (so the default one shipped with natty)
and this is my killer machine HP Compaq 6720s Notebook PC

I have to mention that it is not incredible slow but it takes around 1 minute where gnome/ubuntu shuts down in around 15 secs. It is a little bit annoying

[The Liquidator]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Are you trying to shut down via the power button? If so, what happens if you right click on the desktop, select leave and then the shutdown option?

[biosftw]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Are you trying to shut down via the power button? If so, what happens if you right click on the desktop, select leave and then the shutdown option?

However if I use the power button its a little bit slower (and I had to switch from "Display Shutdown options" to "shut down", the first did not work at all)

Cheers

[The Liquidator]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

To put this into perspective, on my 5+years old inspiron 630m from the right-click menu takes between 6 and 8 seconds (if I use the power button it seems to take 10 seconds to think about it). I'm using kde 4.7.0

That could suggest that the system is waiting for something to shut down.

Simplest thing first

Hit Ctrl+esc which will set out a list of processes that have been loaded. Alternatively from a terminal run the command

top

which will do something similar.

Are any of the following running.......
nepomuk and/or virtuoso - these are the semantic desktop components which, if running, might slow down your shutdown. Some people consider this to be an unnecessary resource hog

Akonadi - this is a server that if you don't use the KDE Pim (Kontact/korganizer etc) you shouldn't need.

These can be disabled should you so desire. If you need to know how let us know.

Alternatively the system might be saving your session. Go into system settings /session manager. I believe the default setup is to start with the last session. You can check the option "start with an empty session" and then reboot.

Having said all that........

It is worth pointing out that your version of KDE is a few versions out of date. I'm not for one moment suggesting you go to 4.7.0 but think you may well benefit from upgrading to 4.6.5. For a how-to see here

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-release-4.6.5

You might find that this in itself fixes your problem.

[biosftw]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Hi,
I was wrong with my statement about the left click shutdown. This one is around 15secs. However I would like to shutdown my laptop with the power off button. This takes around 1 minute.
There is no change to that after the KDE update to 4.6.5
Since you pointed out this difference I guess its a common bug?

Thus I conclude that the system is not waiting for something to shutdown.

Cheers and Thanks for the long explanation.

[The Liquidator]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

1 minute is too long, way too long.

You may think this weird but I still think it is waiting for something and, from memory, think it might be trying, and failing, to play a shutdown sound.

I'm at a win box right now and can't be 100% about this but if you go start/system settings notifications you can select the sounds that go with events. Select KDE and against the shutdown/logout box uncheck "play a sound".

Select apply then navigate back to the desktop and try to shut down.

[kapil]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

kubuntu startup and shutdown has always been slower than ubuntu.
for the shutdown: ubuntu 3 seconds, ubuntu 8 seconds.
but 1 minute is seriously tooooooo long.

[biosftw]

Re: Kubuntu Shutdown is very slow in comparison to Ubuntu

Hi guys,
thanks for the kind and good answers, but after some research I found the bug already mentioned on the tracker of KDE.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265405

Cheers