Gnome/X window open delay question

[Todd Zullinger]

Mark C. Allman wrote:
> I always experience the delay when working at a different site than
> where I booted up.  If, say, I started up my system at home, then
> when I return home it'll work like a charm again and when I'm at
> another location the windows will open but with a delay.  The
> network connections work just fine--no delays at any location.
> 
> I'm just looking for suggestions on what to dig into.

I've seen delays like this in gnome when gnome could not determine my
hostname and ip properly.  I've inflicted this on myself a few times
by hard coding my hostname and ip in /etc/hosts and then gone to a
different network where my ip had changed.

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