login is slow without network

Where exactly is the delay: is it *before* the login screen appears, or after you have logged-in?

Just after I enter my password.
I see the Gnome splash screen . And It takes very long time between each icon.

Evolution use an imap server in my network. And I have some nfs share.

Do you have Evolution set to startup automatically for your Gnome session? If so, when the network is absent it may be timing out.

I have unset evolution startup for Gnome session. This makes no effects.

If I do that :
- Crtl+Alt+F1
- Login
- sudo /etc/ini.d/networking stop
- Ctrl+Alt+F7

The speed becomes normal.

I have a static IP on eth0, so no DHCP time out...

OK: not Evolution then. A few other things to check:

"And I have some nfs share." - Can you elaborate on what you mean here? Do you mean that the affected system is mounting remote NFS shares (I assume you don't mean that the affected system is acting as an NFS server)? Are those NFS shares mounted automatically at boot up time, manually or something else?

Are there any other applications which start automatically in your Gnome session?

Yes, I have somtehing like that in /etc/fstab

192.168.2.2:/home/tux1/Divx /home/tux2/Divx nfs rw 0 0

I will try tonight without this line.

I tried without the NFS share at boot. This made no changes. This is very slow.

An other idea ?

Thanks

Running out of suggestions ... however, a further question. When the PC is "being slow" after your login, does it seem like it's (a) sitting there doing nothing or (b) crunching away doing something?

a : doing nothing.

I just want to know if it is a bug, or if my laptop is misconfigured.

Having a network is not automatic for a laptop, I just want the system is able to work fine with or without network.

Is there an option or a package to install to say at boot : "I am at home", or "I am at work" or "I am without network" ?

Thanks

I just see this bug : https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/69941

Maybe I have the same problem.

There certainly shouldn't be a general problem with logging in when the network is down - for example, on my laptop, the wireless connection only comes up *after* I've logged-in and have been prompted for the WPA passphrase.

You shouldn't find yourself in a position of having to say "I am without network", because it should just work.

Just a thought: have you looked at your system logs? Perhaps there is something there which might give a clue. Particularly, since this sounds like a network timeout, are there any references to timeouts, failed name resolutions or similar?

After reading the comments on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/69941 another possibility is perhaps you could see if the problem goes away if you select, say, the 386 kernel at boot-up. Might determine whether the problem is kernel-specific.