fedora-list Digest, Vol 6, Issue 212

[Norm Deane]

> Norm Deane wrote:
> > I recently upgraded my RH9 (Dell Inspiron 8200/)
to FC2.  
> The upgrade 
> > went well but after upgrading I've noticed that
applications take
> >  forever (some take 5+
> > minutes) to start.  Once they are running they
perform ok.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Norm
> 
> Check hard Disk DMA settings?
> 
> Although in general, like Windows, I find each new
iteration 
> of Redhat (Now Fedora) is slower than the
last...sigh.

>> What kind of application and what else is running
on >> the background?

Eclipse (a Java IDE), Firefox (mozilla based we
browser), Thunderbird (mozilla based mail reader). 
"service --status-all" yields...

ALSA sound driver loaded. ALSA sound driver not
locked!
anacron (pid 1904) is running...
atd (pid 1912) is running...
Configured Mount Points:
------------------------

Active Mount Points:
--------------------
crond (pid 1680) is running...
cupsd (pid 1691) is running...
gpm (pid 1670) is running...
i8kbuttons (pid 1201) is running...
Table: filter
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination  
      
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      tcp dpt:domain 
ACCEPT     udp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      udp dpt:domain 
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      tcp dpt:ssh 
ACCEPT     icmp --  anywhere             anywhere     
      icmp echo-request limit: avg 5/min burst 5 
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 
ACCEPT     all  --  anywhere            
localhost.localdomain 
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      tcp dpt:8001 
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      tcp dpt:webcache 
ACCEPT     tcp  --  anywhere             anywhere     
      tcp dpt:6881 

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination  
      

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target     prot opt source               destination  
      

irattach is stopped
lisa is stopped
dbus-daemon-1 (pid 1921) is running...
Usage: /etc/init.d/mysql start|stop|restart
Active SMB mountpoints: 
/export/development
/export/javadev
/export/mis
/export/home/deanen
/export/maven
netplugd is stopped
Configured devices:
lo eth0 eth1 ppp0
Currently active devices:
lo eth0
rpc.mountd is stopped
nfsd is stopped
rpc.rquotad is stopped
rpc.statd (pid 1495) is running...
nscd is stopped
ntpd is stopped
cardmgr (pid 1572) is running...
portmap (pid 1476) is running...
postmaster is stopped
The random data source exists
rcd is stopped
rpc.idmapd (pid 1520) is running...
saslauthd is stopped
sendmail is stopped
smbd is stopped
nmbd is stopped
snmpd is stopped
snmptrapd is stopped
sshd (pid 1648) is running...
/etc/init.d/supermount stop
syslogd (pid 1454) is running...
klogd (pid 1458) is running...
winbindd is stopped
xfs (pid 1895) is running...
xinetd (pid 1661) is running...
ypbind is stopped
 


		
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