[Bug 440715] New: Slow to respond

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  gnome-screensaver | general | Ver: 2.18.x
           Summary: Slow to respond
           Product: gnome-screensaver
           Version: 2.18.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: gnome-screensaver-maint at gnome.bugs
        ReportedBy: sa at whiz.se
         QAContact: gnome-screensaver-maint at gnome.bugs
                CC: pkg-gnome-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org
     GNOME version: 2.17/2.18
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


[ Forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/348905 ]

Several Debian users have reported gnome-screensaver 2.18 (and earlier
versions) to be slower to respond with the unlock dialog than xscreensaver.
This seems to vary between 3-4 seconds up to 15-20 seconds.

This is one description of the problem;
"Make sure gnome-screensaver isn't in your 'hot' memory, by starting some
memory-eating applications. Then press the "lock screen" button. When the
screen is black, move your mouse... it just took here 15-20 seconds until the
password prompt was displayed. (Intel Core Duo, i945 graphics, 1 GB of RAM, so
this isn't a low end laptop...) In subsequent runs, this shortens to ~2
seconds, which I still consider to be way too much."

Is this normal for gnome-screensaver (I guess GTK is a little heavier than Xlib
used by xscreensaver)? If not, what's the best way to find out what's causing
the delay?


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