X includes the overhead of starting and managing the X server (ie. display manager)

Work Items

• X start time itself seems to take 2s to init, Moblin's only takes 1s

  • Investigate patches that moblin may have (BryceHarrington): DONE

    • Integrate xkbcomp cache patch: DONE
    • Integrate root bg none patch: DONE

• xkbcomp output needs to be cached rather than regenerated each boot (BryceHarrington): DONE

  • Patch pulled into lucid xserver
• delay before gdm starts the X server needs to be fixed (Desktop Team)
• gdm doesn't seem to pick up that the X server is ready fast enough (Desktop Team)
• X must drop its HAL dependency, replacing with udev patch (Desktop Team)

  • Handled in desktop-lucid-xorg-halsectomy

• initctl is waiting for usplash to stop, replace with plymouth (ScottJamesRemnant)