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Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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[Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

Some apps (thunar, ristretto, qtiplot, gkrellm) hang when starting them, when I start them from terminal, I don't get any output, just nothing happens, no hard drive activity at all. After a long time (more than 10 minutes), the app suddenly starts and functions as normal. When closing the app and starting it again, the same happens. I have no clue how to troubleshoot this as no output is generated...
The apps that aren't affected, work as they should. I'm using plain openbox, if this matters.

Last edited by Ramses de Norre (2008-09-11 22:32:29)

peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

When something this weird happens, I like to check my memory: see memtest.

freakcode

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From: São Paulo - Brazil

Registered: 2007-11-03

Posts: 410

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

Check also if hostname is correctly configured. Surprisingly, that can affect some applications startup times.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tc.2Fhosts

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

My hosts file is ok:

127.0.0.1        localhost.localdomain    localhost arachne

with that last one being my hostname. I'll check my memory when I reboot.

thunderogg

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From: Rio de Janeiro

Registered: 2008-07-13

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

Well, it's not only about the /etc/hosts file. What about your /etc/rc.conf? Did you put the same name in there?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

Well, it's not only about the /etc/hosts file. What about your /etc/rc.conf? Did you put the same name in there?

Yep, I did..

thunderogg

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From: Rio de Janeiro

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

Doesn't make sense. Nothing in the logs?

Ramses de Norre

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From: Leuven - Belgium

Registered: 2007-03-27

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Re: [Solved] Some apps hang for a long time..

I found the cause, while configuring iptables I forgot to add a rule to accept all traffic on loopback... All seems to be working again now
Thanks for helping me out here!

Last edited by Ramses de Norre (2008-09-11 22:31:57)