F12: "start" menu takes a very long time to load

[Orion Poplawski]

On 11/16/2009 05:07 AM, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
> 2009/11/16 Gerwin Krist -|- Digitalus Webhosting&  Webdesign
> <gerwin at digitalus.nl>:
>> On 11/16/2009 12:47 PM, Mary Ellen Foster wrote:
>>> whenever I click on the Start menu, my whole desktop freezes for several
>>> seconds and then the menu comes up.
>>
>> You can count me in (the whole panel is slow). But i have this problem ONLY when using the official nvidia drivers.
>> When using vesa/nv drivers I don't have the problem.
>
> Aha, interesting -- now that you mention it, I have the nvidia drivers
> installed too. Guess that means we're SOL for help on this. :(
>
> Although I think my husband (who uses the free ATI drivers) might also
> be seeing this, so maybe there's hope ...
>
> MEF
>

It's pretty slow for me too - stock Fedora ATI/Radeon drivers.

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