-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 charlie wrote: > I am wondering if anyone might have experienced this frustrating behaviour, > and if fixed, be willing to share the information of how it was done. > > Acer 1350LC laptop running Debian Sarge 3.1 > KDE as window manager, 2.4.27-2-686 kernel > > To circumvent any posts about the 2.6 kernel, > [On this laptop, the 2.6.XX kernel does not run for any Linux applications > except Debian, and for Debian it does not run well, trouble with touchpad and > several other things. So changing to it at this time is not an option. Though > experimentation continues. I am unable to download the latest kernel because > I am on dialup at 31.2kbps, so that is out as well.] > > Before connecting with <pon> everything runs and works flawlessly > But upon connection with <pon> when bringing up mainly KDE applications, the > machine stalls for several minutes before the application presents itself. > Though everything except that app on the desktop still works. > > Anything KDE or Gnome does this, because both have been tried. > > But if the app is being used while pon connects. Like the K menu is up on the > monitor, or the kedit selection box for opening a file is on the monitor, and > up while connecting, it works after that. > > Also if an application is open, like open office is up on the monitor or one > of the desktops, before connecting the application works without needing to > wait. But on some apps, when trying to open a file on an open application > after connecting, will stall for several minutes. There is no undue activity, > in the way of CPU, or memory usage. Nothing shows up in <top> > > It just appears to be waiting, then after some minutes comes up. > > The <pon> connection when active is in some way interfering with some of > these applications on the first use. So it has something to do with <pon> I > think. > > Can someone point me to some reading or a possible fix? That seems to be a DNS/resolver problems. Please check your /etc/hosts file and see if it contains line such as:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost If it's right, connect with pon and send your /etc/resolv.conf file to the list. With best wishes, Yuri - -- .-------. | ^. .^ | Meow! I'm a little kitten trapped in this .signature cookie! | = ^ = | Let me out and I'll be your friend. | v---v | And remember: each time you use Windows, God kills a kitten! `-------' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDCtZOoMxqz7LeBAgRAo+1AKDMdtunzefMniG9wfmQz9br6uCEQwCfV7Xn njgNKQgD4ecKSxg7BQGWiI4= =8AP6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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