I got it both in 12.04 LTS, when using nvidia prioprieary drivers, as well as with 12.10 which switched to bumblebee and is using mesa by default. So this is probably not a graphics driver issue. In 12.10 that lag seems to be longer, but that may be just by accident that mesa graphic drivers are faster to initialize - the time to switch from the splash screen to login screen is very short now.
This bug is very bad because it affects first impression. I wanted to show ubuntu to some of my friends (especially how fast it loads), but that lag ruins the good first impression totally. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-greeter in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/969627 Title: short lag between greeter starting and interface being responsive Status in “unity-greeter” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After boot, when unity-greeter starts there is a short pause (few seconds) when I can't enter my password - or rather when the widget doesn't refresh (because after the pause I can see password entered). I guess there is something hammering either disk or gpu/cpu happening at this time but I'm not sure how to debug it (maybe bootchart? I'll try tomorrow) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: unity-greeter 0.2.6-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 30 23:41:01 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120125) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: unity-greeter UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/969627/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
