Computer running slow after fresh install

whitewolfAK47 · May 30, 2023, 8:05am

i had to resintall because i crashed my system somehow. anyway since the reinstall everthing is loading really slow. journalctl -p3 -xb produces:

Summary

[fj@whitewolf ~]$ journalctl -p3 -xb
May 30 03:38:56 whitewolf kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0], AE_NOT_FOU>
May 30 03:38:56 whitewolf kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20221020/psobject-220)
May 30 03:39:00 whitewolf kernel: usb usb1-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
May 30 03:39:03 whitewolf kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02
May 30 03:39:04 whitewolf kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Secure display: Generic Failure.
May 30 03:39:04 whitewolf kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: query securedisplay TA failed. ret 0>
May 30 03:39:07 whitewolf lightdm[767]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
May 30 03:40:39 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 148 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:42:39 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 557 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:46:20 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
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May 30 03:38:56 whitewolf kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [_SB.PCI0.LPC0.EC0], AE_NOT_FOUND (20221020/dswload2-162)
May 30 03:38:56 whitewolf kernel: ACPI Error: AE_NOT_FOUND, During name lookup/catalog (20221020/psobject-220)
May 30 03:39:00 whitewolf kernel: usb usb1-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
May 30 03:39:03 whitewolf kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Malformed MSFT vendor event: 0x02
May 30 03:39:04 whitewolf kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: Secure display: Generic Failure.
May 30 03:39:04 whitewolf kernel: amdgpu 0000:03:00.0: amdgpu: SECUREDISPLAY: query securedisplay TA failed. ret 0x0
May 30 03:39:07 whitewolf lightdm[767]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
May 30 03:40:39 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 148 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:42:39 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 557 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:46:20 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 665 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:48:36 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 709 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:51:14 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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░░ The job identifier is 753 and the job result is failed.
May 30 03:55:07 whitewolf systemd[791]: Failed to start Portal service.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit UNIT has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
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░░ A start job for unit UNIT has finished with a failure.
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i don’t really understand the results. if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be much appreciated. kind of blows… everything lagging so hard. running htop showed nothing that struck me as being a problem, oddly enough. i ran bashtop and it says i am not using a lot of cpu. conky also reports relativity low CPU speeds despite my apps loading incredibly slow. at most it hits like IDK 19% but most CPU’s are running around 5%.

PS: another thing i noticed was gnome and xfce desktop environments where reality fast. this seems to be primary unfortunately effecting pantheon de. idk though i am so tired my brain hurts bad, NIGHT GUYS… sweet dreams

pebcak · May 30, 2023, 9:09am

Check:

pacman -Qs xdg-desktop

If you have xdg-desktop-portal-gnome installed on a non GNOME desktop environment, this might be the cause of sluggishness you are experiencing.

If this is the case, you could simply uninstall xdg-desktop-portal-gnome.

whitewolfAK47 · May 30, 2023, 9:38am

OMG I honestly didn’t believe it would work but I was wrong. Everything is running normal now it appears. Almost instantly it fixed the problem. OMG! THANK YOU!!!

fbodymechanic · May 30, 2023, 2:03pm

why is xdg-desktop-portal-gnome installed on a non-gnome desktop? Is that normal?

chikenf00t · May 30, 2023, 4:02pm

Just a heads up, this bug has been submitted:

github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal

[Bug]: Flatpak causes other non-flatpak apps to start up really slow

opened 10:12PM - 11 May 23 UTC

$fractalf$ fractalf

bug

### Checklist - [X] I agree to follow the [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/…flatpak/flatpak/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) that this project adheres to. - [X] I have searched the [issue tracker](https://www.github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues) for a bug that matches the one I want to file, without success. - [X] If this is an issue with a particular app, I have tried filing it in the appropriate issue tracker for the app (e.g. under https://github.com/flathub/) and determined that it is an issue with Flatpak itself. - [X] This issue is not a report of a security vulnerability (see [here](https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/blob/main/SECURITY.md) if you need to report a security issue). ### Flatpak version 1.15.4 ### What Linux distribution are you using? Other (specify below) ### Linux distribution version EndeavourOS ### What architecture are you using? x86_64 ### How to reproduce ```sh $ yay -S flatpak ``` ### Expected Behavior Other apps runs as normal ### Actual Behavior Just installing flatpak causes Nemo, Firefox and a bunch of other applications to start up really really slow ### Additional Information I tracked this problem down to another package, a dependency of flatpak called `xdg-desktop-portal` I found two other issues on this: * https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/400 * https://github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal/issues/636 Though both are old, *closed* and this is still a **big** deal. I love the idea of flatpak (and really dislike snapd), but when it kind of "breaks" my system (waiting 30+ seconds for Nemo / Firefox to start is a "broken" system). I'm really sad that this is the case, cause I want to use flatpak and want it to succeed. But this is a total show-stopper. Any news on this? (if this is handled in another open issue, I'm sorry, I couldn't find it) ```sh > neofetch --off .. OS: EndeavourOS Linux x86_64 Host: B650 GAMING X AX Kernel: 6.2.0.3.realtime1-4-rt Uptime: 28 mins Packages: 955 (pacman) Shell: zsh 5.9 Resolution: 1920x1200, 1920x1200 DE: Cinnamon 5.6.8 WM: Mutter (Muffin) WM Theme: Arc-Dark (Adwaita) Theme: Adwaita-dark [GTK2/3] Icons: Adwaita [GTK2/3] Terminal: terminator CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (16) @ 3.800GHz GPU: AMD ATI Radeon HD 4650 GPU: AMD ATI 10:00.0 Raphael Memory: 2156MiB / 31238MiB ```

This also includes an alternate solution:

github.com/flatpak/xdg-desktop-portal

Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached

opened 04:13PM - 19 Mar 23 UTC

vulpes2

Note: this is not the common problem where applications that use portals take fo…rever to start, this is about xdg-desktop-portal _itself_ taking an unusual amount of time to start. OS: Fedora 38 (beta) Desktop Environment: Plasma 5.27.3 xdg-desktop-portal: 1.16.0 After upgrading my system, I noticed a lot of programs take almost forever to start, and it ended up being caused by xdg-desktop-portal not running as it should be. Later I found out xdg-desktop-portal now takes over a minute to start, which is longer than the default timeout (60s). This can be partially mitigated by extending the `TimeoutSec` setting for the systemd unit , but I would still have to wait over a minute after logging in to be able to launch most of my applications. I'm not quite sure how to debug this any further, any help or information would be greatly appreciated. ``` 14:34:54 pc systemd[2271]: Stopped xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. 14:34:54 pc systemd[2271]: Starting xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service... 14:35:44 pc xdg-desktop-por[64232]: Failed to create settings proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached 14:36:09 pc xdg-desktop-por[64232]: Failed to create wallpaper proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached 14:36:09 pc xdg-desktop-por[64232]: No skeleton to export 14:36:09 pc systemd[2271]: Started xdg-desktop-portal.service - Portal service. ``` ``` $ /usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal --replace --verbose XDP: load portals from /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals XDP: loading /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/kde.portal XDP: portal implementation for KDE XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Background XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.RemoteDesktop XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.GlobalShortcuts XDP: loading /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/gtk.portal XDP: portal implementation for gnome XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings XDP: loading /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/gnome-keyring.portal XDP: portal implementation for gnome XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret XDP: loading /usr/share/xdg-desktop-portal/portals/gnome.portal XDP: portal implementation for gnome XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.RemoteDesktop XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Background XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Wallpaper XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print XDP: portal implementation supports org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher XDP: Falling back to gnome.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Lockdown XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.MemoryMonitor XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.PowerProfileMonitor XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.NetworkMonitor XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.ProxyResolver XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Trash XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.GameMode XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Realtime XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings XDP: Using gnome.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings XDP: Using gtk.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Settings (/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:65292): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 14:46:20.075: Failed to create settings proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Settings XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.FileChooser in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.AppChooser in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.OpenURI XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Print in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Print XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Notification in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Notification XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Inhibit in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Inhibit XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Access in KDE XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Screenshot in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Screenshot XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Background in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Device XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Location XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Camera (/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:65292): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 14:46:20.111: Failed to create background monitor: Failed to own background monitor D-Bus name (/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:65292): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 14:46:20.111: No skeleton to export XDP: Falling back to gnome.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Wallpaper (/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:65292): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 14:46:45.137: Failed to create wallpaper proxy: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.gnome: Timeout was reached (/usr/libexec/xdg-desktop-portal:65292): xdg-desktop-portal-WARNING **: 14:46:45.137: No skeleton to export XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account in KDE XDP: using org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Account at org.freedesktop.impl.portal.desktop.kde XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Account XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Email in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Email XDP: Falling back to gnome-keyring.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.Secret XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.Secret XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.GlobalShortcuts in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.GlobalShortcuts XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.DynamicLauncher in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.DynamicLauncher XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.ScreenCast in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.ScreenCast XDP: Using kde.portal for org.freedesktop.impl.portal.RemoteDesktop in KDE XDP: providing portal org.freedesktop.portal.RemoteDesktop XDP: org.freedesktop.portal.Desktop acquired ```

Lemon · May 31, 2023, 8:40am

I know what you mean.
I have xfce only and also have this installed.

pebcak · May 31, 2023, 8:51am

Do you have the package flatpak installed?

Perhaps that is what pulls in xdg-desktop-portal-gnome as a dependency of xdg-desktop-portal ?

Lemon · May 31, 2023, 9:20am

Nope, no flatpak here.

pebcak · May 31, 2023, 9:22am

If you want to dig further: pactree -r xdg-desktop-portal-gnome to get a reverse dependency tree for this package. Perhaps you have something else installed that has this package as dependency.

Lemon · May 31, 2023, 9:27am

Only Lutris shows up, so this may be the one.

pebcak · May 31, 2023, 9:28am

That must be it: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/lutris/

The question is why it won’t just pull in xdg-desktop-portal-gtk instead on non GNOME DE:s

Lemon · May 31, 2023, 9:48am

Hmm, it seems like I have both installed, xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and xdg-desktop-portal-gnome…

system · June 2, 2023, 9:49am

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