[gentoo-user] Login, Schmogin

[John Lowell]

Sad to say, it's about a week later and I've still no answer to a question I've raised here a couple times and on the forums also. I say this in no way to complain but rather to express utter surprize, actually. There's a lot of first class Linux talent available on this mailing list so if I've stumped you guys, I've really achieved something.   I've made a fresh, stage one install on a machine I intend to use as a webserver. I've done a lot of successful Gentoo installations so it's not as though I'm an amateur. The install went on without a hitch but, booting up, I reach the end of the init sequence and there's a delay of 22 seconds before "Starting local ..." transitions in to the usual "This is .." and the login prompt. On my three workstations this transition take no time at all, it's virtually instantaneous. I have nothing in /etc/conf.d/start.local and my USE= is limited to -kde. pam is installed. I have no idea what in heaven's name would cause a delay of this kind. Is an answer to this problem really so obscure? God knows, maybe it is.   jlowell