Programs slower to start after upgrading from NetBSD 10.0 to 10.1

Overlord1310

Hi everyone,

I recently upgraded from NetBSD 10.0 to 10.1 using the sysupgrade auto command. The upgrade went smoothly without any errors, but after rebooting I’ve noticed that some programs are taking longer than usual to start. This wasn’t happening back when I was running 10.0.

The most noticeable delay happens when I open uxterm — as you can see in the screenshot I attached, it can take up to seven seconds to launch, which feels like way too much for a terminal.

Also, as shown in the same image, I don’t have many processes running, and none of them are putting any real load on the CPU.

So my question is: could anyone point me in the right direction to figure out what’s causing this delay?

Thanks in advance for any help!

rvp

Overlord1310 Can't reproduce this.

Can you show your:

.xinitrc
.Xresources
the output of locale in both the console (before startx) and within uxterm
run uxterm directly like: /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true. Is the delay still there?
does plain xterm have this issue too?

Overlord1310

rvp Hi, thanks a lot for your reply.

Here’s the content of my .xinitrc and .Xresources files, along with the output of the locale command — both before starting X11 and from within the graphical environment.


[ -e "$HOME/.Xresources" ] && xrdb -merge "$HOME/.Xresources"
[ -e "$HOME/.xprofile" ] && . "$HOME/.xprofile"

exec dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session ctwm

# ------------------------------------------------------------

cat $HOME/.Xresources

Xft.dpi:        85
Xft.antialias:  true
Xft.rgba:       rgb
Xft.hinting:    true
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight

! Configuración para xterm
XTerm*background:               black
XTerm*foreground:               white
XTerm*cursorColor:              grey

XTerm*faceName:                 Hack
XTerm*faceSize:                 14
XTerm*dynamicColors:            true
XTerm*scrollKey:                true
XTerm*scrollTtyOutput:          false
XTerm*jumpScroll:               true
XTerm*multiScroll:              true
XTerm*colorBDMode:              true
XTerm*utf-8:                    1
XTerm*locale:                   true
XTerm*loginShell:               true
XTerm*SaveLines:                4500
XTerm*selectToClipboard:        true
XTerm*vt100.translations: #override \
    Shift Ctrl <Key> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Shift Ctrl <Key> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)

! Configuración para uxterm
UXTerm*background:              black
UXTerm*foreground:              white
UXTerm*cursorColor:             grey

UXTerm*faceName:                Hack
UXTerm*faceSize:                14
UXTerm*dynamicColors:           true
UXTerm*scrollKey:               true
UXTerm*scrollTtyOutput:         false
UXTerm*jumpScroll:              true
UXTerm*multiScroll:             true
UXTerm*colorBDMode:             true
UXTerm*utf-8:                   1
UXTerm*loginShell:              true
UXTerm*locale:                  true
UXTerm*SaveLines:               4500
UXTerm*selectToClipboard:       true
UXTerm*vt100.translations: #override \
    Shift Ctrl <Key> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Shift Ctrl <Key> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)

! Configuración para nsxiv
Nsxiv.window.background:        black

! Relog digital
Xclock*digital:     true
Xclock*strftime:    %a, %b %d @ %R
XClock*geometry:    165x35-0+0
XClock*foreground:  #ff8747

! Reloj análogo
!XClock*update:      1
!XClock*geometry:    170x170-0+0        
XClock*background:  #000000
XClock*majorColor:  #ff8747
XClock*minorColor:  #ff8747
XClock*hourColor:   #ff8747
XClock*minuteColor: #ff8747
XClock*secondColor: #ff8747

# locale after X11

LANG="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_TIME="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_MONETARY="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=""

# locale before X11

LANG="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_TIME="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_MONETARY="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=""

Regarding your question about whether the same issue happens with xterm: yes, it does.

time /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

real    0m03.85s
user    0m03.41s
sys     0m00.33s

time /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

real    0m03.85s
user    0m03.29s
sys     0m00.29s

time /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

real    0m07.98s
user    0m07.28s
sys     0m00.33s

time /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

real    0m08.40s
user    0m07.34s
sys     0m00.60s

time /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

real    0m03.72s
user    0m03.36s
sys     0m00.23s

rvp

Overlord1310 This looks like a local issue. I just installed 10.0-RELEASE in QEMU and updated it to the latest 10.1_STABLE using sysupgrade auto and the each run of time uxterm -e true took ~0.10 secs--which is the same as the fastest runs in your screenshot, above.

Don't see where your variance comes from (I used your .xinitrc .Xresources and locale).

Do you have any CPU-freq. throttlers like estd running?
All your filesystems are on a locally-connected disks, right? (ie. not network mounted)
Post your: .ctwmrc .profile .xprofile and tell me what customizations you've done to the system.

Overlord1310

rvp Hi, thanks a lot for your reply.

For CPU frequency scaling, I’m using envsys and powerd, and I’ve explicitly set the default frequency to the system’s maximum detected value (2701) in sysctl.conf.

As for the filesystems, yes —everything is on locally connected disks.

Finally, here’s the rest of the setup I’m using: I have NetBSD installed on a ThinkPad X260 with an Intel Core i7-6600U processor and 16GB of RAM.

------ profile config -----
#		$NetBSD: dot.profile,v 1.10 2018/03/01 06:12:09 snj Exp $
#
# This is the default .profile file.
# Users are expected to edit it to meet their own needs.
#
# The commands in this file are executed when an sh user first
# logs in.
#
# See sh(1) for details.
set -o allexport
set -o trackall
set -o noclobber        # Impedir la sobreescritura de archivos con '>'
set -o notify
set -o braceexpand

# Idioma del sistema
LANG="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="C"
LC_TIME="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="C"
LC_MONETARY="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="es_ES.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=""

ENV=${HOME}/.kshrc

if [[ ! -f ${HOME}/.ksh_history ]]; then
    > ${HOME}/.ksh_history
fi

# Crear directorio donde se guardaran archivos temporales
dir=/tmp/$(id -u)
if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]]; then
	mkdir -p "$dir"
	/sbin/chown -R $(whoami):$(id -gn) "$dir"
	/bin/chmod -R 0700 "$dir"
fi
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=${dir}
TMPDIR=${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}
unset dir

CACHE="${HOME}/.cache"
[[ -z "$CACHE" ]] || rm -rf "$CACHE"
dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/${LOGNAME}.XXXXXX)
/sbin/chown -R $(whoami):$(id -gn) "$dir"
/bin/chmod -R 0700 "$dir"
ln -sf ${dir} "$CACHE"
unset dir

# Crear directorio para construir paquetes usando pkgsrc
dir=/tmp/pkgs
if [[ ! -d "$dir" ]]; then
	mkdir -p "$dir"
fi
unset dir

## Colores
BLUE=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;34m")
BOLD=$(printf '%b' "\033[1m")
CYAN=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;36m")
GRAY=$(printf '%b' "\033[0;37m")
GREEN=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;32m")
NORM=$(printf '%b' "\033[0m")
PINK=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;35m")
RED=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;31m")
WHITE=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;37m")
YELLOW=$(printf '%b' "\033[1;33m")

## Colores para los manuales
LESS_TERMCAP_mb=${RED}          # Inicio texto en negrita
LESS_TERMCAP_md=${GREEN}        # Inicio de texto resaltado
LESS_TERMCAP_se=${NORM}         # Fin de texto resaltado
LESS_TERMCAP_me=${NORM}         # Finaliza estilos aplicados
LESS_TERMCAP_us=${YELLOW}       # Inicio de texto subrayado
LESS_TERMCAP_ue=${NORM}         # Fin de texto subrayado
LESS_TERMCAP_so=$(printf %b "\033[1;44;33m")    # Resaltar texto de fondo

PATH=/opt/ast/bin
PATH=${PATH}:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R7/bin
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/bin:${HOME}/.local/sbin
PATH=${PATH}:${HOME}/.local/scripts
FPATH=${HOME}/.local/functions
CDPATH=.:${HOME}:${HOME}/Datos/:${HOME}/Dropbox/LaTeX/:${HOME}/Dropbox/Tareas/:${HOME}/pkgsrc:/usr/pkg:/etc

# Editor de texto predeterminado
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
    EDITOR=kak
    VISUAL=kak
else
    EDITOR=vi
    VISUAL=vi
fi
HISTEDIT=${EDITOR}

LESS="-R"
PAGER=/usr/bin/less
BROWSER=${HOME}/.local/bin/firefox
READER=/usr/pkg/bin/zathura
IMAGEVIEWER=/usr/pkg/bin/nsxiv
FILE=/usr/pkg/bin/nnn

#--- Variable de entorno para nnn
NNN_OPTS='QUdrc'
NNN_OPENER=${HOME}/.local/scripts/opener
NNN_PLUG='p:preview-tabbed;i:viewer;n:nuke;t:preview-tui'
NNN_COLORS='2631'
NNN_TRASH=2                     # Mover archivos a papelera en lugar de eliminar definitivamente
NNN_FIFO=/tmp/nnn.fifo
NNN_ARCHIVE="\\.(7z|a|ace|alz|arc|arj|bz|bz2|cab|cpio|deb|gz|jar|lha|lz|lzh|lzma|lzo|rar|rpm|rz|t7z|tar|tbz|tbz2|tgz|tlz|txz|tZ|tzo|war|xpi|xz|Z|zip)$"
NNN_BMS='x:~/.local/bin;d:~/Dropbox/Trabajo;D:~/Descargas;s:~/Datos/Capturas;p:~/.local/share/Trash/files;P:~/Datos/.Trash-1001/files;l:~/Dropbox/LaTeX/Tareas;c:~/.config' # Marcadores

# Inicio automático a X11
while [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; do
    if [ -z "$DISPLAY" ] && [ $(tty) = "/dev/constty" ]; then
        startx
    fi
    break
done

------ kshrc config -----
#	$NetBSD: dot.shrc,v 1.3 2007/11/24 11:14:42 pavel Exp $

case "$-" in *i*)
	# interactive mode settings go here
	set -o allexport            # Exportar todas las variables que se definan
	set -o vi                   # Configurar modo de edición vi
	set -o ignoreeof            # Evitar cerrar shell con la combinación Ctrl D

	autoload man                # Cargar en memoria el comando man

	# PS1
	. ${HOME}/.local/functions/prompt

	[ -L ${HOME}/.aliases ] && . ${HOME}/.aliases
	ulimit -c 0                 # No generar archivos de volcado de memoria
	USER=$(id -un)
	GROUP=$(id -ng $USER)

	TERM=xterm-256color
	COLORTERM=${TERM}

	# historial de shell
	HISTFILE=${HOME}/.ksh_history
    HISTSIZE=1000

	;;
esac

------ xprofile config -----

check_tool() {
	type "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
}

# Ajustes para X11
setxkbmap -layout us -variant intl
xset +dpms
xset s on
xset dpms 600 900 1200
xset m 6 2
xset r rate 250 25

check_tool unclutter && unclutter -root -idle 1 &

if [ -f "$HOME"/.config/redshift/redshift.conf ]; then
	if check_tool redshift; then
		redshift -c "$HOME/.config/redshift/redshift.conf" &
	fi
fi

nohup matterbridge -conf $HOME/.config/matterbridge.toml &

xsetroot -cursor_name watch
xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr

# Barra de estado (lemonbar) para ctwm
sleep 1; ${HOME}/.local/scripts/bar1.sh &

------ ctwm config -----
#
# $NetBSD: system.ctwmrc,v 1.19 2022/05/27 17:04:16 nia Exp $
#
# ctwmrc by nia
#
# An attempt to strike a usability balance that makes keys and buttons
# do the thing users of various operating systems expect them to do.
#
# Most things should be possible to accomplish with only the keyboard.
#
# Also, mostly inoffensive colours (avoiding potentially inaccessible
# combinations like red-green).
#

# don't use the default buttons or key bindings, we define our own
NoDefaults

DontShowWelcomeWindow

ShowWorkSpaceManager
WorkSpaceManagerGeometry "100x412-1-0" 1

ShowIconManager
IconManagerGeometry "130x512+0-0"

# 3D icon managers do not seemingly honor IconManagerHighlight,
# which makes them slightly less useful
UseThreeDBorders
UseThreeDTitles

RestartPreviousState

DecorateTransients

# allow the user to have their root window recolored as they choose
DontPaintRootWindow

# hide window contents while altering windows for performance
NoOpaqueMove
NoOpaqueResize

AutoOccupy
AutoRelativeResize

CenterFeedbackWindow

NoGrabServer

RaiseOnClick

DontMoveOff
MoveOffResistance	  150

ConstrainedMoveTime       0

IgnoreLockModifier

# Not actually that random.
# Means that windows do not have to be placed by hand with a mouse,
# which helps if you are using a keyboard only.
RandomPlacement          "on"

MoveDelta                 3
ClearShadowContrast       40
DarkShadowContrast        60
MovePackResistance        100

RaiseWhenAutoUnSqueeze
ShortAllWindowsMenus

NoStackMode

StayUpMenus
WarpToDefaultMenuEntry
MenuShadowDepth      1

# warp through all windows in the current workspace
WindowRing
WarpRingOnScreen

NoTitleHighlight

TitleButtonShadowDepth    1
TitleShadowDepth          1
TitleButtonBorderWidth    0
TitlePadding              0
TitleJustification        "left"
ButtonIndent              0
FramePadding		  0

LeftTitleButton           ":xpm:dot"      = f.menu "titleops"
RightTitleButton          ":xpm:resize"   = f.resize
RightTitleButton          ":xpm:cross"    = f.delete

BorderShadowDepth         2
BorderResizeCursors

MaxIconTitleWidth         120
NoIconManagerFocus
IconManagerShadowDepth    1
IconifyByUnmapping

ReallyMoveInWorkspaceManager
MapWindowCurrentWorkSpace {  "black" "firebrick" }
DontToggleWorkSpaceManagerState
DontWarpCursorInWMap
NoShowOccupyAll	
ReverseCurrentWorkspace	
StartInMapState
WMgrHorizButtonIndent     0
WMgrVertButtonIndent      0

WorkSpaces
{
    "1"			{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "2"    		{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "3"    		{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "4"			{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "5"    		{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "6"	    	{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
    "7"   		{ "lavender" "black" "darkslateblue" "white" }
}

SaveWorkspaceFocus

Cursors
{
  Frame    "left_ptr"
  Title    "left_ptr"
  Icon     "left_ptr"
  IconMgr  "left_ptr"
  Move     "fleur"
  Resize   "fleur"
  Menu     "left_ptr"
  Button   "hand2"
  Wait     "watch"
  Select   "dot"
  Destroy  "pirate"
}

Color
{
  BorderColor           "firebrick"

  BorderTileBackground  "steelblue"
  BorderTileForeground  "steelblue"

  DefaultBackground     "grey70"
  DefaultForeground     "black"

  TitleBackground       "lavender"
  TitleForeground       "black" 

  MenuBackground        "lavender"
  MenuForeground        "black"
  MenuTitleBackground   "darkorange2"
  MenuTitleForeground   "black"
  MenuShadowColor 	"gray15"

  IconBackground        "black"
  IconForeground        "white"
  IconBorderColor       "gray45"

  IconManagerBackground "lavender"
  IconManagerForeground "black"
  IconManagerHighlight  "firebrick"

  MapWindowBackground   "lavender"
  MapWindowForeground   "black"	
}

Monochrome
{
    BorderColor 		"black"

    BorderTileForeground 	"black"
    BorderTileBackground 	"white"

    TitleForeground 		"black"
    TitleBackground 		"white"

    MenuForeground 		"black"
    MenuBackground 		"white"
    MenuTitleForeground 	"black"
    MenuTitleBackground 	"white"

    MapWindowForeground 	"white"
    MapWindowBackground 	"white"
}

syscmd(/usr/X11R7/libexec/ctwm_app_menu)

menu "appmenu"
{
    "pkgsrc Applications"	f.title
    " Accessories"		f.menu "Accessories"
    " Games"			f.menu "Games"
    " Graphics"			f.menu "Graphics"
    " Internet"			f.menu "Internet"
    " Multimedia"		f.menu "Multimedia"
    " Office"			f.menu "Office"
    " Programming"		f.menu "Programming"
    " System"			f.menu "System"
    " Misc"				f.menu "Misc"
}

menu "deskutils"
{
    "Desktop utilities"		f.title
    " Calculator"		!"xcalc &"
    " Text editor"		!"xedit &"
    ""				f.separator
    " XEyes"			!"xeyes &"
    " OpenGL Gears"		!"glxgears &"
    " Spinning cube"		!"ico -sleep 0.016 -obj cube -colors darkorange &"
    ""				f.separator
    " Compositor (shadows)"	!"pkill xcompmgr; xcompmgr -c &"
    " Compositor (simple)"	!"pkill xcompmgr; xcompmgr -n &"
    ""				f.separator
    " Magnify"			!"xmag -source 100x100 &"
    " Kill window"		!"xkill &"
}

menu "termutils"
{
    "Terminal utilities"	f.title
    ""				f.separator
    " VIsual Editor"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e vi &"
    " Tetris"			!"xterm -class UXTerm -e tetris &"
    ""				f.separator
    " Audio mixer"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e aiomixer &"
    ""				f.separator
    " Top processes"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e top &"
    " I/O stats"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e 'sysstat iostat' &"
    " Network stats"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e 'sysstat ifstat' &"
    " Disk usage"		!"xterm -class UXTerm -e 'sysstat df' &"
}

menu "NetBSD"
{
    "NetBSD"			f.title
    ""				f.separator
    " Terminal"			!"uxterm &"
    ""				f.separator
    " Applications"		f.menu "appmenu"
    " Desktop utilities"	f.menu "deskutils"
    " Terminal utilities"	f.menu "termutils"
    ""				f.separator
    " Restart CTWM"		f.twmrc
    " Quit"			f.quit
}

menu "titleops"
{
    "Window"       f.title
    ""             f.separator
    " Iconify"     f.iconify
    " Resize"      f.resize
    " Move"        f.move
    ""             f.separator
    " Occupy ..."  f.occupy
    " Occupy All"  f.occupyall
    ""             f.separator
    " Raise"       f.raise
    " Lower"       f.lower
    ""             f.separator
    " Zoom"        f.fullzoom
    " Zoom-V"      f.zoom
    " Zoom-H"      f.horizoom
    ""             f.separator
    " Kill"        f.destroy
    " Close"       f.delete
}

IconManagerDontShow
{
    "WorkSpaceManager"
    "tabbed"
    "xclock"
    "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
} 

OccupyAll
{
   "XClock"
   "xsm"
   "xconsole"
   "XVidCap"
   "xmessage"
   "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
}

AlwaysOnTop
{
   "XEyes"
   "XVidCap"
}

NoTitle
{
   "TWM Icon Manager"
   "WorkSpaceManager"
   "XClock"
   "xterm"
   "uxterm"
   "firefox"
   "luakit"
   "LibreOffice"
   "zathura"
   "nsxiv"
   "Terminal Sheets"
   "File Manager"
   "Suckless IRC"
   "mpv"
   "GNU Image Manipulation Program"
   "Open Image"
   "tabbed"
   "xmessage"
   "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
}

WindowRingExclude
{
   "TWM Icon Manager"
   "WorkSpaceManager"
   "XClock"
   "xsm"
   "xconsole"
   "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
}

NoBorder
{
   "TWM Icon Manager"
   "WorkSpaceManager"
   "xclock"
   "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
}

AutoOccupy
{
    "File Manager"  {"1"}
    "firefox"       {"2"}
    "luakit"        {"2"}
    "Suckless IRC"  {"3"}
    "Gimp"          {"4"}
    "xsane"         {"4"}
    "LibreOffice"   {"6"}
}

AutoLower
{
   "TWM Icon Manager"
   "WorkSpaceManager"
   "xclock"
   "xsm"
   "xconsole"
   "bar.sh"	# lemonbar status
}

AutoFocusToTransients		# Las ventanas transitorias obienen el foco cuando se crean
{
    "firefox"
    "Gimp"
    "LibreOffice"
}

## Atajos para programas
# Tecla Meta (Winbugs)
"Return" = mod4 : all : !"uxterm &" 
"F1"     = mod4 : all : !"uxterm -T 'File Manager' -e nnn -s trabajo &"
"F2"     = mod4 : all : !"firefox &"
"F3"     = mod4 : all : !"uxterm -T 'Suckless IRC' -e tmux attach-session -t irc &"
"F4"     = mod4 : all : !"gimp &"
"F12"    = mod4 : all : !"libreoffice &"

# Tecla Alt
"F2"     = mod1 : all : !"luakit &"
"F9"     = mod1 : all : !"xkill &"

# Tecla Shift
"Print"  = s    : all : !"image_ss -s"

# Tecla Ctrl
"Print"  = c    : all : !"image_ss -S"
"F4"     = c    : all : !"xsane &"

# Sin tecla modificador
"Print"  =      : all : !"image_ss -p"	# Pantalla completa al portapapeles
"F7"     =      : all : !"calibre &"
"F8"     =      : all : !"irc.sh"
"F9"     =      : all : !"xinput --disable 7 && sleep 1 && xinput --enable 7"
"F12"    =      : all : !"cpu_freq"

# Sistema
# Se usan en combinación con la tecla Alt
"p"      = mod1 | s : all : ! "doas /sbin/shutdown -p now"
"r"      = mod1 | s : all : ! "doas /sbin/shutdown -r now"

# Se usan en combinación con la tecla Super (winbugs)
"r"      = mod4 | s : all : f.restart
"q"      = mod4 | s : all : f.quit

# Ocupar todos los escritorios virtuales
"a" = mod1 : all : f.occupyall

# Zooms
"comma"  = c 	: all : f.fullzoom
"period" = c 	: all : f.zoom

Function "raise-move"          { f.raise f.deltastop f.forcemove }
Function "raise-and-resize"    { f.raise f.deltastop f.resize }

# These are basically essential for basic functionality.

Button1 =	: title		: f.function "raise-move"
Button2 =	: title		: f.function "raise-and-resize"
Button3 =	: title | frame	: f.menu "titleops"

Button1 =	: frame		: f.function "raise-and-resize"

Button1 =	: icon | iconmgr	: f.iconify
Button2 =	: icon			: f.move
Button3 =	: icon | iconmgr	: f.raiselower

Button1 =	: root		: f.menu "NetBSD"
Button2 =	: root		: f.menu "TwmAllWindows"
Button3 =	: root		: f.menu "NetBSD"

#
# Mod1 is the "Alt/Meta" key.
# Mod4 is the "OS" key.
#

Button1 = mod4	: window	: f.forcemove
Button3 = mod4	: window 	: f.resize

"Up"     = mod4           : all : f.upworkspace
"Down"   = mod4           : all : f.downworkspace
"Left"   = mod4           : all : f.prevworkspace
"Right"  = mod4           : all : f.nextworkspace

"1"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "1"
"2"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "2"
"3"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "3"
"4"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "4"
"5"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "5"
"6"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "6"
"7"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "7"
"8"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "8"
"9"      = mod4 : all : f.gotoworkspace "9"

"XF86AudioRaiseVolume" = : all : !"mixerctl -w outputs.master+=5"
"XF86AudioLowerVolume" = : all : !"mixerctl -w outputs.master-=5"

#
# "Windows" style keyboard shortcuts
#

"Tab"    = mod4           : all : f.warpring "next"
"Tab"    = mod4 | s       : all : f.warpring "prev"
"space"  = mod1           : window : f.menu "titleops"
"F4"     = mod1           : window : f.delete

#
# "Mac" style keyboard shortcuts
#

"w"      = mod4           : window : f.delete
"m"      = mod4           : window : f.iconify

#
# "evilwm" style keyboard shortcuts
#

# it is useful to be able to spawn a terminal without clicking.
"slash"  = mod4 : all     : f.menu "TwmAllWindows"
"p"      = mod4 : all     : f.menu "NetBSD"

# vi-style directions
"j"      = mod4 : window : f.jumpdown "10"
"k"      = mod4 : window : f.jumpup "10"
"h"      = mod4 : window : f.jumpleft "10"
"l"      = mod4 : window : f.jumpright "10"

"j"      = mod4 | s : window : f.changesize "bottom +10"
"k"      = mod4 | s : window : f.changesize "bottom -10"
"h"      = mod4 | s : window : f.changesize "right -10"
"l"      = mod4 | s : window : f.changesize "right +10"

# Enviar ventana a espacio de trabajo N
define(`forloop',
       `pushdef(`$1', `$2')_forloop(`$1', `$2', `$3', `$4')popdef(`$1')')
define(`_forloop',
       `$4`'ifelse($1, `$3', ,
       `define(`$1', incr($1))_forloop(`$1', `$2', `$3', `$4')')')
       
forloop(`N', 1, 9,
  `Function "move-to-workspace-N" {
      f.addtoworkspace  "N"
      forloop(`I', 1, 9, `ifelse(N, I, , `  f.removefromworkspace  "I"')')
   }')        
"1" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-1"
"2" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-2"
"3" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-3"
"4" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-4"
"5" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-5"
"6" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-6"
"7" = mod4 | s : all : f.function "move-to-workspace-7"

------ /etc/powerd/scripts -----

#!/bin/sh -
#
#	$NetBSD: acadapter,v 1.4 2010/12/31 09:29:43 jruoho Exp $
#
# Generic script for acadapter events.
#
# Arguments passed by powerd(8):
#
#	device event

case "${2}" in
pressed)
	logger -p info "${0}: Full performance mode" >&1

	# Disable power saving mode on all network interfaces.
	#
	for intf in $(/sbin/ifconfig -l); do
		/sbin/ifconfig $intf -powersave >/dev/null 2>&1
	done

	# Increase CPU frequency
	/sbin/sysctl -w machdep.cpu.frequency.target=2701

	exit 0
	;;

released)
	logger -p info "${0}: Power saving mode" >&1

	# Enable power saving mode on all network interfaces.
	#
	for intf in $(/sbin/ifconfig -l); do
		/sbin/ifconfig $intf powersave >/dev/null 2>&1
	done

	# Reduce CPU frequency
	/sbin/sysctl -w machdep.cpu.frequency.target=600

	exit 0
	;;

*)
	logger -p warning "${0}: unsupported event ${2} on device ${1}" >&1
	exit 1
	;;
esac

#!/bin/sh -
#
#	$NetBSD: sensor_temperature,v 1.4 2012/04/10 13:58:52 jruoho Exp $
#
# Generic script for temperature sensors.
#
# Arguments passed by powerd(8):
#
#	script_path device event sensor

case "${2}" in
normal)
	logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) normal state entered [${3}]" >&1
	exit 0
	;;
critical)
	logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) critical state entered [${3}]" >&1
	/sbin/shutdown -p now "${0}: CRITICAL TEMPERATURE! SHUTTING DOWN."
	exit 0
	;;
critical-under)
	logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) dropped below critical limit [${3}]" >&1
	exit 0
	;;
critical-over)
	case "${1}" in
		coretemp*)
			logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) critical limit exceeded [${3}]" >&1
			/sbin/sysctl -w machdep.est.frequency.target=800
			;;
		*)
			logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) critical limit exceeded [${3}]" >&1
			/sbin/shutdown -p now "${0}: CRITICAL TEMPERATURE! SHUTTING DOWN."
			;;
	esac
	exit 0
	;;
warning-under)
	case "${1}" in
		coretemp*)
			logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) dropped below warning limit [${3}]" >&1
			/sbin/sysctl -w machdep.est.frequency.target=2071
			;;
		*)
			logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) dropped below warning limit [${3}]" >&1
			;;
	esac
	exit 0
	;;
warning-over)
	logger -p warning "${0}: ($1) warning limit exceeded [${3}]" >&1
	exit 0
	;;
*)
	logger -p warning "${0}: unsupported event ${2} on device ${1}" >&1
	exit 1
	;;
esac

------ envsys.conf ------

# $NetBSD: envsys.conf,v 1.13 2017/10/21 19:43:53 jmcneill Exp $
#
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configuration file for envstat(8) and the envsys(4) framework.
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

# Bateria externa
acpibat0 {
	sensor5 {
		critical-capacity		= 10;
		warning-capacity		= 20;
		high-capacity			= 5;
		maximum-capacity		= 20;
	}
}

# Bateria interna
acpibat1 {
	sensor5 {
		critical-capacity		= 10;
		warning-capacity		= 20;
		high-capacity			= 5;
		maximum-capacity		= 20;
	}
}

# Temperatura de los nucleos
coretemp0 {
	sensor0 {
		critical-max			= 100C;
		critical-min			= 95C;
		warning-max				= 90C;
		warning-min				= 85C;
	}
}

coretemp1 {
	sensor0 {
		critical-max			= 100C;
		critical-min			= 95C;
		warning-max				= 90C;
		warning-min				= 85C;
	}
}

------ pkg_intall.conf -----

CACHE_INDEX=yes
CHECK_VULNERABILITIES=interactive
PKG_PATH=http://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/amd64/10.1/All

------ sysctl.conf -----

#!/sbin/sysctl -f
#
# $NetBSD: sysctl.conf,v 1.8 2011/09/25 21:47:22 christos Exp $
#
# sysctl(8) variables to set at boot time.

# Default on panic: dump core and reboot. See savecore(8) for information.
# Switch this to 1 if you want to enter the kernel debugger on crashes
# instead. See ddb(4) for an introduction and also try the "help" command
# at the db> prompt.
# If you understand the implication and want to change the behaviour before
# /etc/rc.d/sysctl is run, use the kernel option DDB_ONPANIC, see options(4).
ddb.onpanic?=0

# Desactivar trackpad
hw.synaptics.movement_enable=0

# Ajustar brillo de pantalla predeterminado
hw.acpi.acpiout15.brightness=40

# Frecuencia CPU predeterminada
machdep.cpu.frequency.target=2701

# Volcado de kernel y limpieza en cada arranque
kern.defcorename=/tmp/%n.core

# Limite maximo para archivos abiertos por el sistema
kern.maxfiles=65536

------ rc.conf -----

#	$NetBSD: rc.conf,v 1.97 2014/07/14 12:29:48 mbalmer Exp $
#
# See rc.conf(5) for more information.
#
# Use program=YES to enable program, NO to disable it. program_flags are
# passed to the program on the command line.
#

# Load the defaults in from /etc/defaults/rc.conf (if it's readable).
# These can be overridden below.
#
if [ -r /etc/defaults/rc.conf ]; then
	. /etc/defaults/rc.conf
fi

# If this is not set to YES, the system will drop into single-user mode.
#
rc_configured=YES
critical_filesystems_local="OPTIONAL:/var OPTIONAL:/usr"

# Add local overrides below.
#
dbus=YES
sshd=YES
ntpdate=YES
ntpd=YES
wscons=YES
hostname=X260
random_file=/etc/entropy-file
clear_tmp=YES

if /sbin/sysctl -q hw.acpi.root; then
	powerd=YES
fi

# Configuracion de red
ifconfig_iwm0="up"
wpa_supplicant=YES
wpa_supplicant_flags="-B -s -i iwm0 -D bsd -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"
dhcpcd=YES
dhcpcd_flags="-qM iwm0"
dhcpcd_flags="${dhcpcd_flags} -b"

# Preferir IPv4 sobre IPv6
ip6addrctl=YES
ip6addrctl_policy=ipv4_prefer

# Gestionar frecuencia del CPU
envsys=YES

# Confifuracion predeterminada de audio
mixerctl=YES

# Habilitar CUPS
cupsd=YES

# Bloqueo de dominios no deseados
unbound=YES
unbound_flags="-c /etc/unbound/unbound.conf"

##########################################

# Concatenated disk drive
ccd=NO

# Protocolo de conexiones de red a punto (Point-to-Point Protocol)
ppp=NO

# Actualizar fontconfig cache durante el arranque
fccache=NO

# Desactivar limites y uso de disco
quota=NO

# Volcado de kernel del sistema
savecore=NO

# Controlador de disco criptografico
cgd=NO

# Controlador de disco RAIDframe
raidframe=NO

rvp

Overlord1310 Still can't reproduce this with your files (only the dot-files--skipped your system things and your extra apps).

Let's go hardcore:

$ time ktrace -f slow.ktrace /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true
$ time ktrace -f fast.ktrace /usr/X11R7/bin/xterm -class UXTerm -u8 -e true

Ie. get 2 ktraces: one for the slow run, another for the fastest. We'll compare them.
Compress the files and post them somehere.

Overlord1310

rvp Hi, thanks a lot for your reply.
Here are the files.
I tried reviewing them with kdump, but I lack the technical skills to interpret the results. The log is very long, and I’m not exactly sure what to look for.

Slow.ktrace

fast-ktrace

rvp

Overlord1310 It's the way you're managing your ~/.cache directory + the fact that you have custom fonts in ~/.local which is what's causing the startup delay:

~/.profile

CACHE="${HOME}/.cache"
[[ -z "$CACHE" ]] || rm -rf "$CACHE"                       # this, (+ prev. line) is useless.
dir=$(mktemp -d /tmp/${LOGNAME}.XXXXXX)                    # creating new_dir. *each* time.
/sbin/chown -R $(whoami):$(id -gn) "$dir"
/bin/chmod -R 0700 "$dir"
ln -sf ${dir} "$CACHE"                                     # and then linking to it.

Since you create a new dir. for the cache in every login shell, when xterm runs, its TrueType routines will be forced to re-scan and recreate ~/.cache/fontconfig/ each time.

Instead, just use the /tmp/$(id -u) dir., which you already have, to store the cache dir. too.

PS. As root, run:

rm -rf /var/cache/fontconfig/*
/usr/X11R6/bin/fc-cache -frs
/usr/pkg/bin/fc-cache -frs

to re-create the system cache. (Yes, you need to run 2 different fc-cache programs, because the filenames they produce have different extensions. 🙁)

Overlord1310

rvp Thank you very much for all the support you gave me. I applied the changes you suggested, and it turns out that block in my login profile was indeed the cause of the delay when launching some programs.
Now that the change is in place, the issue is resolved.
I consider the thread closed. Once again, thank you for your help!