On Wed 21 Feb 2001, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > > xdm_4.0.2-1 > > > > Finally, xdm itself takes about five minutes to start up, again on a > > 275MHz PC64. This is independent of the xconsole problem mentioned > > above. I know that the problem is not with the X-server, because > > startx brings it up much faster. Something must be wrong; the xdm log > > file is no help, because it's just a condensed version of the X-server > > log. There doesn't appear to be any xdm-specific information in it; > > perhaps this is a clue. > > That's very odd. xdm starts right up on my SX and even faster on my > UP2k at work. Granted, I haven't tried it out since 4.0.2-1, but it > worked very well then. Initial load time may be killing you, though. > Is xdm being started at boot time or is this from the command line > after boot?
I noticed this too, about a month ago. I usually run my alpha headless, only connecting to it via network. However, at that time I had taken it with me to the debian booth at the Amsterdam Linux Expo, and when starting up xdm I also noticed it took a couple of minutes to start up. I didn't have time to diagnose this there, and since then I've forgotten about it... I actually thought it might be trying to resolve something via DNS (not having any IP connectivity there). I'll see if I can look into this in at the weekend. Paul
