From kde-devel  Tue Sep 14 12:46:42 2004
From: Matthias Welwarsky <mwelwarsky () web ! de>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:46:42 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: reversing order of ksplash and kdeinit +kcminit +knotify:
Message-Id: <200409141446.42903.mwelwarsky () web ! de>
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On Tuesday 14 September 2004 14:08, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> i've just remove LD_BIND_NOW=true and also moved ksplash --nodcop
> to _aftet_ the kdeinit...
>
> .... and i get a _dramatic_ speed increase in kde startup.

... at the cost of slower application startup afterwards. If you don't force 
ld.so to resolve symbols at the time kdeinit starts, you kind of nullify the 
idea behind kdeinit.

>
> ... what gives?
>
> l.
>
>
> # the splashscreen and progress indicator
> #ksplash --nodcop
>
> # We set LD_BIND_NOW to increase the efficiency of kdeinit.
> # kdeinit unsets this variable before loading applications.
> #LD_BIND_NOW=true kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
> kdeinit +kcminit +knotify
> if test $? -ne 0; then
> # Startup error
> echo 'startkde: Could not start kdeinit. Check your installation.' 1>&2
>   xmessage -geometry 500x100 "Could not start kdeinit. Check your
> installation." fi
>
> # the splashscreen and progress indicator
> ksplash --nodcop
 
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