On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:01:59 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Jason Dunsmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:14:49 GMT > > > > why does emacs stall (for ~1 min) upon startup when the network is > > down and how can it be prevented? > > Does that happen if you invoke Emacs with "emacs -q"? > > Also see the entry in PROBLEMS about slow startup due to network > problems (search for "FQDN"). >
you were right, emacs was looking for the FQDN. i found this discussion: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.emacs/browse_thread/thread/783fe03168a5c168/640f9279be617a10 thanks. _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
