On 06/03/11 at 10:17pm, Camaleón wrote:
> 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.This would be the same as disconnecting the ethernet, wouldn't it? Network-manager is not called from this script. -- Liam
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