resolv.conf slows down X

[Scot L. Harris]

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 12:17, Rokicki, Andrew wrote:
> > > If I am on a network my X works just fine and is very responsive. 
> > > When I unplug PC from the network and reboot X is very slow to respond. 
> > 
> > Check your "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file for a line similar to:
> > 
> > 	hosts: dns files
> > 
> > (or anything else before the "files" keyword).  If so, put the
> > "files" keyword first:
> > 
> > 	hosts: files dns
> > 
> > You probably have a network-based authorization scheme such as
> > NIS, kerberos or LDAP enabled and the "/etc/nsswitch.conf"
> > incorrectly lists them before "files" in the host name resolution.
> > 
> 	Thanks for responding.
> 
> 	I did check that and it is fine.
> 	hosts: files dns 
> 
> 	Also KDE is very slooooooow to start up without network. 
> 	But once I plug in network cable as KDE starts up it springs back to
> life.
> 
> 

Sounds like you have something that has to time out when resolving to
the network.

Another item to try is disable IPv6 if you have not already.  Various
reports on the list indicate this can cause various problems if it is
not configured completely or disabled fully.

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