On Oct 29, 8:23am, 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?
Run strace on one of the applications that's starting up slow and see
which system call it's waiting in. If it has something to do with the
resolver, you might even be able to see the address it's trying to
resolve.
Kevin
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