Just a question about how to benchmark Gnome startup.. i tried adding this: echo "Timing START:" >> /home/mark/GnomeBench date '+%s.%N' >> /home/mark/GnomeBench the file GnomeBench is created (by hand) and has mark.mark permissions. to (just the top of the page) and around the lines that actually (should) start gnome: xinitrc Xsession But it doesn't seem to add a thing to the GnomeBench file... Any help would be welcome. And a list of the programs i intend to benchmark with and without preload: - Gnome - Nautilus - Firefox - Pidgin - Totem - Perhaps also OpenOffice Word I intend to bench every app 4 times: 1. right after a reboot (no preload) 2. than again (no preload) 3. right after reboot (with preload) 4. than again (with preload) And than put it in a graph. That should give a decent view of the performance increase (or even decrease). Thanx, Mark -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list