>> Where are you getting the GIT short versions from? > > GIT_VERSION="`git shortlog . | grep -E '^[ ]+\w+' | wc -l`" > >> What TDE widget style are you using? > > I use KDE 2 window decoration and KDE Classic widget style. I don't use > themes. > >> And finally, can you/would you be willing to bisect the GIT tree to find >> the offending commit? > > Sure, I'm willing but don't know how. Further, which module should be > bisected? tqt3? tdelibs? tdebase? All three? > > With that said, the lines you asked me to comment out were from commits > 37a8b8a9 and 79dfe5ba of Nov. 4, which fits the time frame in question. > That is, I see no slowness in launch times from my Oct. 30 package set but > see them in my Nov. 10 package set. > > Darrell I dug a bit deeper into the cachegrind results with tdecachegrind and spotted an obscure codepath that was responsible for a significant fraction of the startup instructions. I have committed a patch for that problem in GIT hash 30c5994; can you please rebuild TQt3 and see if the slow startup time is resolved? You don't have to rebuild tdelibs or anything else, just TQt3. Thanks! Tim