Quoting Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I installed RC2 on a laptop last week and then updated to cooker on > Saturday > > night and I noticed both on RC2 and with the cooker update that KDE > takes quite > > a bit longer to login than it used to, rather about twice to three > times longer. > > > > Has anyone else noticed this? It seems faster on my Athlon desktop, > but not by > > much. The laptop has a 1.6g celeron with an NVidia card in it. I'm > using the > > Xfree drivers, not the Nvidia drivers. > > > > My new RC2 install seemed fine. > > Name resolution issues commonly have an effect like this, can you just test: > > $ time getent hosts `hostname` > > Which will tell us if this is an issue or not. > > Regards, > Buchan > > - -- > |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| > Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager > Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 > Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za > GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc > 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE/ZgHqrJK6UGDSBKcRAi8QAKCSDDpTM3m1pDSVb9L3fTdgSy9AlgCgkKE8 > MlKKYAQgkSIiQJNl4XUWUlE= > =p6dY > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ***************************************************************** > Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our > e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. > ***************************************************************** > >
Aha! Apparently, I needed to add my hostname to the hosts file, since it's a laptop, and then KDE starts normally. Gosh, I feel stupid... Thanks...
