kde slow to start after a crash

[Rex Dieter]

Walter Cazzola wrote:

> Dear Linuxers,
> I've a quite frustrating problem, it is the second time that my PC
> freezes and after resetting the PC KDE starts very slowly (it is taking
> more or less 20 minutes to be fully loaded and responsive) and reboot
> doesn't help.
> 
> The first time I have solved by canceling all the configuration files of
> KDE (both .kde and .kderc) and reconfiguring the whole thing. This is an
> experience that I'd prefer to avoid.
> 
> Any idea about how to solve the issue?
> 
> My system is FC13 up to date with KDE 4.5.3, nvidia card and kernel
> 2.6.34.7-63. I can provide any piece of log if you address me to what to
> look for.

If you have desktop effects enabled, try disabling them or try to login 
using session "kde (failsafe)".  If that helps, it's very likely a video 
driver problem, or at least an incompatibility with one of kwin's configured 
effects plugins (first one I'd recommend disabling for testing, is the blur 
plugin).

-- Rex

-- Rex