El 2011-06-03 a las 12:53 -0400, Thomas Milne escribió: (resending to the list)
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:13 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:38:23 -0400, Jack Dodds wrote: > > > > > I am running Lenny. The system is connected to the Internet via a > > > Linksys BEFSR81router and a cable modem. My desktop is Gnome. > > > > > > If the Internet is inaccessible - e.g. if the Ethernet cable is > > > disconnected from the computer, or the cable modem power is > > > disconnected, or if there are problems on the provider network - many > > > GUI programs take a long time (about 60 seconds) to launch. > > > > (...) > > > > I have not experienced that specific behaviour in any of my lenny > > systems. (...) > > Run "top" to check for any runaway process. > > > > > This sounds suspiciously like the effects of Gnome's notorious Network > Manager. This tells Internet applications whether you are connected or not. > That's where I would start looking, at least. Yes, that would be a good test: shutdown the networking service ("/etc/init.d/networking stop") and then check if there is still a delay when opening gedit. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110603201749.gb7...@stt008.linux.site