I had the same issue, the panels took a long time to start. I didn't have the passwordless login enabled.
But turning "passwordless login" on, (remove the mark from "ask for password" then click OK) and then turning it off again, (set the mark "ask for password" and click OK) fixed the problem. -- gnome panels suddenly have a 25 second delay after session load https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/593226 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-keyring in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs