Any idea why starting evolution from the panel should take much longer than from the command line?

[Chris G]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 05:01:56PM +0200, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> > I'm not sure if this is an xfce problem or what but it might be.
> >
> > If I start evolution from either the 'Applications' menu or from a
> > launcher I have added myself to the xfce4-panel it takes about 30
> > seconds for the GUI to appear.
> >
> > If I start it from a command line it starts instantly (or near enough).
> >
> > So what's causing the long delay?  The command is exactly the same in
> > both cases - /usr/bin/evolution, I'm stumped as to where that 30 seconds
> > is going.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> Is it different when you're launching from the app finder? Are you
> sure that the launcher contains 'evolution' with no additional
> parameters?

It takes the same 30 seconds or so when run from the app finder.

I've checked the entry in /usr/share/menu and it doesn't have any extra
parameters, the command there is just "/usr/bin/evolution".  However
running that from the command line is still instantaneous unlike running
it from any of the menus etc.

I have also just tried it from "Run Program", just the same, takes 30
seconds to appear.

Aha - a clue.  I just tried running evolution from "Run Program" but in
addition I ticked "Run in Terminal".  The terminal window popped up
immediately and then set there for 30 seconds after which it output:-

    ** Message: secret service operation failed: Did not receive a
    reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send
    a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the
    reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

So *that's* what is wasting the time.  What on earth does "secret
service operation failed:" mean?  I'll go and Google it.

-- 
Chris Green