On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 04:38:10PM -0500, Leonard Leblanc wrote: > Hello, > > I am currently running Kernel 2.2.19pre17. I recently recompiled it to > support Generic SCSI devices (this is the only thing that I added). I then > restarted and from some reason (which I don't even have the slightest clue > why) when booting the message: > > "Starting system log daemon: syslogd" > > sits on the screen for about 5 minutes (literally!) with no signs of the > computer even doing anything. The HD/Cd-rom lights are not flashing. It's > just sitting there. Eventually it does start up and everything works fine. > > Any ideas of where to start on this one guys??
It might be a dns lookup timeout wait. That should be only three minutes afaik. Check if you have used a symbolic hostname somewhere in your configuration, eg. as a remote loghost in /etc/syslogd.conf If you have another machine on the same network, try sniffing the ethernet while this machine boots. Check out the tcpdump package. Cheers, Joost
