My login from SDDM into Plasma (plasma-desktop 5.6.3, plasma-framework 5.21.0 from Arch Linux) is currently extremely slow ( >30s, more than the time needed from booting to reach the login screen!). Disabling baloo (balooctl disable) immediately solves the issue, but of course also disable the possibility of searching for documents quickly. Any suggestions?

how did you determine that Baloo took 30 secs?

a possible workaround: in systemsettings autostart create and then add 2 scripts
- a startup that enables Baloo (adding a sleep command so that it doesn't get enabled untill KDE is running)
- a logout that disables Baloo

I found the culprit via bootchart, and checked that disabling baloo solves the issue.

Thanks for the tip. How do I set a logout script? There doesn't seem to be an option in the system config.

logout option doesn't show until you've added the script

systemsettings ->startup & shutdown -> autostart -> add script -> select script, then select logout

Got it, thanks.

i,m new here.....