Re: disabled network slows root launching

Dmitry Naumov wrote:
> Dear roottalk,
>
> I notice a strange problem - if my laptop has internet cable
> disconnected then root is launching very long time. Connecting the cable
> back makes root loading time again very fast. The time difference is
> quite large and disturbs me a lot. Can any one give a hint?
>
> Thanks, Dmitry

Do you have this problem with other programs (such as command prompts, emacs, web browsers, etc?) If so, you might be missing information in your /etc/hosts file. That file should include a (single!) line of the form:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

or

127.0.0.1 i-m-so-tired.bu.edu i-m-so-tired localhost.localdomain localhost

if your machine has a preferred hostname.

If you need IPv6 support, you also need to make sure there's a line like this:

::1 localhost.localdomain localhost

Many Linux distributions fail for some reason to provide a default /etc/hosts file for disconnected operation.

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