Lately my Arch Linux desktop freezes more frequently after I boot it up. Now it happens about 4-6 times before I finally get a complete startup. It freezes as different points, sometimes at a message about starting Color Management or Authorization Manager; other times after logging in to GDM or after starting Firefox. If it gets as far as Gnome, I can still move the mouse cursor but all windows are frozen. I can't change consoles or perform anything else with the keyboard except SysReq+REISUB. Could it have to do with my CPU needing to warm up? It seems to have gotten worse in the cold weather.I've asked about the same issue in the Arch Linux forums but wasn't able to resolve it.
System freezes on startup
linux;arch linux;startup