On 2011-06-04, Jack Dodds <brmda...@hushmail.com> wrote: > This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) > --------------enig8C3A295D8BAF91ED98A88B02 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > Thanks to those who commented. > > I tried /etc/init.d/networking stop . When this is done, programs > launch without delay. Of course, this makes it impossible for any > program to access the Internet so it's not a solution! > > However, taking gedit as an example, > > Normal operation - Internet accessible - gedit launches in 2 seconds. > External problem - Internet inaccessible - gedit takes 60 seconds to laun= > ch. > Internal shutdown of networking - gedit launches in 2 seconds. > > Maybe this means something, but I am not sure what.
(...) X applications need to resolve your system's hostname, and are (unnecessarily) going to the internet to do so. What are the contents of the files /etc/hosts and /etc/hostname? -- Liam O'Toole Cork, Ireland -- 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/slrniulg24.27s.liam.p.otoole@dipsy.tubbynet
