[KLUG Members] Galeon under KDE 3.0 in RH 7.3

[Stu Gillis]

--------------Boundary-00=_NDH36UCNTEPOO49D7TH0
Content-Type: Text/Plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

>> When I run KDE and try to start up Galeon it takes like 
>> absolutely forever to start (like several minutes).  It does 
>> eventually startup and then it seems to run fine after that but 
>> the startup is horrendous.  I have noticed the same with other 
>> programs that are written towards Gnome.  Has anyone else 
>> experienced this?  Is there a way to fix it?? 
>  
> GNOME apps in non-GNOME environments can take awhile to start.  If 
> you already have a GNOME application running,  the `next' GNOME 
> application you start should be pretty quick. 
>  
> If I log into GNOME I start gconf and oaf, load a bunch of 
> libraries, and initialize a good dozen or so IORs.  Since all this 
> is done things like Galeon start almost instantly.  If an app 
> tries to start and all these things aren't available a cascade of 
> dependency initializations occurs. 
>  
> You can put "galeon -s" in your session startup script (don't know 
> how that works under KDE)  
 
Create a link in the Autostart folder on your KDE desktop 
 
>and galeon will startup silently (no UI) 
> when you log in,  causing the chain to be built.  Then GNOME apps 
> (and Galeon) should start much more quickly. 
>  
Create a link in the Autostart folder on your KDE desktop 
_________________________________________________________________
    http://fastmail.ca/ - Fast Secure Web Email for Canadians
--------------Boundary-00=_NDH36UCNTEPOO49D7TH0--