On 12/31/06, Chong Yu Meng <chongym(a)cymulacrum.net> wrote:
> > I am beginning with XFCE on Fedora Core 6, and everything
seems to
> > work fine, except Thunar that takes often a long time to pop up. Do
> > you know how to improve the very slow Thunar? My computer is a fast
> > one (with a Dual Core with 1GB of RAM). Do other people here are
> > having the same problem? Someone in Thunar mailing list has raised the
> > suspicion that the problem may be caused by dbus and/or hal.
>
> Let me tell you, in addition, that Thunar seems works perfectly on
> KDE, but *not* on XFCE.
I use XFCE almost exclusively, and I have had no problems with Thunar
opening or running. Have you installed all the updates? My laptop has
lower specs than yours, except for the RAM -- I too have 1 GB.
Thanks, Pascal. Thunar seems to be working fine now, after a reboot.
Paul