>
> On an AMD laptop, slow to start with, the login process is much slower
> than it used to be.
>
> Once password is entered, the process seems to drag. Black screen for
> some time and the mouse pointer, similar to what I am seeing with my
> problem.
>
> Hum,
>
> Better start to do some checks. Might be related.
Normal disk or SSD disk? Slow plasma startup after login has been an
issue for me on standard drives for a while now. Way quicker on SSD drive.
Normal disk. I may put an SSD into it before summer. It is not a
powerful laptop as I got caught with the array of features under HP's
model numbers and all the sub letters you needed to know. Ooops.