In both cases, the IP address are in the /etc/hosts table. Granted, in the case of the 2.4Ghz machine, there are two IP addresses, but the same issue holds true on other machines I've run with single IP addresses. It looks like a resource contention problem, or excess trapping, but I'm not sure where to look for that. -Bob > On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Bob Smith wrote: > >> I have RH9, but have noticed the same situation with a Fedora >> installation. >> Both of these installations are "as is," out of the box. The hardware >> is a 2.4 GHz Pentium on RH9 and 3.1 GHz Dell Optiplex GX280, >> respectively. >> >> There are times when the windowing system comes as close to freezing as >> you can get, and then it takes a long time to launch a window or >> terminal. >> I can sit and watch the "Starting terminal" message for a period of time >> before it actually shows up. Sometimes, especially being left for a >> while, >> or even overnight, it takes a long time to "get to its feet." At the >> same >> time, logging in from the outside is not too bad. >> >> Is there a reason for this? More importantly, is there anyway to get >> better windowing performance? >> > The only time I've had this problem is if the box can't resolve it's own > ip to a host name. If I put the box's ip in the /etc/hosts file, it > starts working again. > > Ben > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
