On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Jonathan E. Brickman <jeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: > My .bashrc is: > > alias ls='ls --color=auto' > [ ! "$UID" = "0" ] && archbey -c white > [ "$UID" = "0" ] && archbey -c red > #PS1="\[\e[01;31m\]??[\[\e[01;**35m\u\e[01;31m\]]??[\[\e[00;** > 37m\]${HOSTNAME%%.*}\[\e[01;**32m\]]:\w$\[\e[01;31m\]\n\[\e[** > 01;31m\]???\[\e[01;36m\]>>\[\**e[0m\]" > export PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin/core_perl As it seems, archbey is a python script. Python can take some time to load on first runs, so it may be the responsible for your delay, particularly if you don't use any python script elsewhere in your boot process. Try commenting this line out to see if it improves...