extremely long start up times

[koffice at usmstudent.com]

On Thursday 14 October 2004 08:55 am, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> On Thursday 14 October 2004 15.43, koffice at usmstudent.com wrote:
> > On Thursday 14 October 2004 07:53 am, Rikard Johnels wrote:
> > > On Thursday 14 October 2004 05.10, darren wrote:
> > > > I am running KDE 3.2 on Mandrake 10.0 on my laptop.  Everything runs
> > > > normal while I'm at home.  When I'm at school, however, some apps
> > > > take an extraordinary amount of time to start (like 5 minutes).  Once
> > > > started, they seem to operate fine.  Other applications don't suffer
> > > > this same fate.
> > > >
> > > > Examples of applications that start slowly:
> > > >  o  Open Office
> > > >  o  Kate
> > > >  o  Konqueror  *this one isn't consistently bad
> > > >
> > > > Examples of applications that start OK:
> > > >  o  Kmail
> > > >  o  FireFox
> > > >  o  Konsole
> > > >  o  Audacity
> > > >  o  Skype
> > > >
> > > > The only difference between starting my computer at home and my
> > > > computer at school is that my ethernet is plugged in when starting at
> > > > home.  My internet connection at school is wireless.  It is not
> > > > started until I have fully booted (I start the wireless connection
> > > > manually).
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions where to look or how to begin troubleshooting?  Or,
> > > > better yet, anyone recognize this issue.
> > > >
> > > > TIA,
> > > > Darren
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> > > Sounds like a DNS issue.
> > > Something is looking for a DNS that isnt there.
> > > Do you use DHCP on both locations?
> >
> > Yes.  I use DHCP in both places.  But, I question why Kate (for example)
> > would need to be aware of my Internet connection.
> >
> > My hostname returns:
> >  [root at mandrake backdoc]# hostname
> >  mandrake
> >
> > My /etc/hosts looks like:
> >
> >  [root at mandrake backdoc]# cat /etc/hosts
> >  <snipage>
> >  192.168.1.100           mandrake
> >
> > grep'ing for my private IP looks like:
> >  [root at mandrake backdoc]# ifconfig |grep 192
> >   inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
> >
> > Darren
> >
> >
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> That seems (at least to me) to be a static IP.
> Whats in your /etc/resolv.conf ?
> (on both locations)

Today, I can only give you my resolv.conf from home.  

[root at mandrake backdoc]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
search mydomain.com
nameserver 20X.15X.25X.5X
nameserver 20X.15X.25X.24X

I don't see why OpenOffice Kate should care about my network status to begin 
with.  Do they "phone home"?  I sure hope not.

Darren
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