> On Sun, 2009-07-05 at 19:10 +0530, Raju wrote: >> Hi all, >> I recently installed Debian-lenny in my Dell inspiron 1525 >> laptop.Everything is working fine except Gnome-terminal.when i >> click gnome-terminal it takes atleast 1 minute for terminal window >> to appear.Can anybody help me to solve this problem.. > > Is it just gnome-terminal? What about some other GNOME application? Does > gedit also take a long time to start? If so, it is worth seeing if > your /etc/hosts file contains a reference to your own hostname pointing > to a loopback IP. To find your hostname run: > > hostname > > Your hosts file should have an entry similar to the following: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 127.0.1.1 hostname >
I edited the /etc/hosts file as said above.That solved the slow start of all gnome applications like terminal,gedit.Thank you Regards Raju ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using TCEMail Service. Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai - 625015 (India) _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
