What is the value of your DISPLAY environment variable on the client
system?

What are you doing for authentication for X clients, i.e. xhost/xauth et
al?

What about a search or domain parameter in /etc/resolv.conf?  Is your 
DHCP server configured to hand out the domain name/are you using a domain 
name on the local network?

How long does it take to do forward and reverse lookups on your 
hostname/IP address?

Can you do a tcpdump capture while starting the X app?

rna

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Ed Skinner wrote:

>      My notebook is on a different network than usual and I've changed the IP 
> address, etc in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 accordingly (see 
> below) as well as the nameserver entry in /etc/resolv.conf (also below). Now, 
> when I launch any X-based program, it takes several seconds longer (8+?) than 
> usual to get going. During the delay there is no appreciable CPU, disk or 
> network usage. The system just seems to be waiting. I suspect some socket 
> connection is being attempted and then timing out but darned if I can figure 
> out what I've missed in the changes. Any ideas?
>      Kernel is 2.4.18
>      Distribution is Red Hat 8.0
>      I can surf the net Okay (so the route is working and I'm talking to their 
> DNS).
>      There are two lines in /etc/resolv.conf but I hand-edited the second one 
> for this network (as per their admin's instruction):
> 
> ; generated by /sbin/dhclient-script
> nameserver 192.168.1.250
> 
>      And here is my current /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:
> 
> # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
> # for the documentation of these parameters.
> USERCTL=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> DEVICE=eth0
> HWADDR=00:e0:98:87:74:0d
> ONBOOT=yes
> # BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> BOOTPROTO=none
> IPADDR=192.168.1.232
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> GATEWAY=192.168.1.254
> NETWORK=192.168.1.0
> BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
> 
>      Suggestions would be most welcome. TIA ("shay-shay", in Chinese)
> 
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