On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:06:44 -0500 Danyelle Gragsone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i think there are running files that you dont need without a net-device, try to find these processes/services with "ps -aux" and "rc-update -s" and stop/kill them greets > to me.. linux in general has always ran slow if the net connection goes > out. It might be constantly trying to access the internet. Kinda like the > a cell phones battery dies alot faster when it cant connect to a tower. It > just keeps trying til it gets something or the phone dies. > > On 11/28/05, Michael Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Our cable internet service goes out frequently (and probably even more > > frequently now that winter has come to OKlahoma.) When it goes out, > > pretty much everything on my Gentoo system slows down. It's gotten to > > where just to get an application (like gnumeric) to open I have to su - > > to root and shut down /etc/init.d/net.eth0 until the Internet comes back > > on. This morning the internet was out and I'd shut down net.eth0 and > > then tried to run monodevelop and it refused to start giving me some > > message about my PC's hostname not being set correctly in /etc/hosts. I > > checked it and /etc/hosts was correct. Must just be a glitch with > > monodevelop. My question is what is it about Gentoo that relies so > > heavily on connecting to the internet? My network was running just fine > > - just the connection between the cable modem and the internet was down, > > but everything inside my router should have been fine... > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
