On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:07:17 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > On 06/14/2012 10:21 AM, Camaleón wrote:
(...) >> I ask this to have an idea on where to put the focus in either a) long >> delay -timeout- but NIC settings are finally okay or b) long delay - >> timeout- with NIC settings unconfigured. >> >> > Yup, it's definitely choice "a". Everything works, but the boot process > is slow. And, as I said, I can speed up the "configuring interface" part > of the boot, but the "configuring MTA" part still takes 60 seconds. Okay, let's see if there's a way to speep-up Exim4 boot time. > The interesting thing is that, if I hit <Ctrl>+<C> when the "configuring > interface" prompt is displayed, the system proceeds rapidly through the > rest of the process at a normal pace, with no delay at "configuring > MTA". > > I'm not quite sure what the downside of using <Ctrl>+<C> might be. I can > see in htop that exim4 is running after the boot process finishes, so at > least it's not interfering with the actual launching of that process. > > This is really a minor issue since it only causes a minor inconvenience. > I'm just investigating it because the present situation represents a > substantive change in behavior on this system. It's obvious that > something about the way Wicd works with networking has changed since the > netscript package was upgraded some days ago. To be sincere, I don't know what's originating the problem. If you say the network settings are properly configured, why Exim4 is that lazy? :-? Searching for "exim boot speed up" in Google I found this: *** 1.3.7. Why does exim take such a long time to start? http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#Why_does_exim_take_such_a_long_time_to_start.3F *** Check if any of the suggested tips helps to mitigate the pain. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jrd7be$li$1...@dough.gmane.org
