Martin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 inspiron
# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ hostname inspiron [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ hostname -f inspiron I think this bug will be very difficult to diagnose, because a lot of this is about perception. I noticed that the cache is used more efficiently since changing the hosts file, meaning less delay/thrashing of the disk to load multiple gnome-terminals, for example. But having changed my hosts file back to defaults, it's just as fast... I'd prefer a better way to benchmark the system rather than rely on subjective measurements (I thought of strace -c, but it waits for you to close the application and so wouldn't be a good benchmark, perhaps). -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs