> I have the same southbridge and a very fast system. That can't be the problem > - and it really does sound like a network problem. It looks like it's looking > for a host that it can't find. Possibly your own hostname.
I've seen a problem somewhat like that one if portmap/rpcbind is not running. Some software (most browsers, for example) hang at startup if it's not running or if they can't connect to it (firewall?). Fred -- "It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles."
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