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Aidenn

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Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 57

Applications idle for 10 seconds before starting

Hello,

I've just upgraded my rig from the ole' trusty P4 to a blazingly fast C2D. Since I have 4GB RAM, the only option was Arch64. Eager to conquer new lands, I set sail.

Since yesterday I've installed just about everything. The system works flawlessly and is extremely responsive. The only problem I have (which I didn't have on my P4) is that the applications not always start when they should. Sometimes they wait exactly 10s for who knows what. And then they launch.

For example:

mc [enter]
<instant launch>
F10 [enter]

mc [enter]
<instant launch>
F10 [enter]

mc [enter]
<waits 10 seconds, then launches>

And so on, it's completely random. It does that in X and in virtual console, everywhere.

At first I thought it may be UvesaFB, but I removed it and it still does that. Any ideas?

Full specs:

Arch 64, Gnome + Openbox.
Intel e7400
nVidia GeForce GTX 260
2x2GB RAM
Asus P5Q Pro

And yes, I've removed the IPv6 module.

Here's a time:

[aidenn@intruder ~]$ time mc


real    0m10.458s
user    0m0.007s
sys    0m0.003s

I quit as soon as it launches, real is always over 10s.

Last edited by Aidenn (2009-03-12 07:40:43)

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,487

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Re: Applications idle for 10 seconds before starting

Do you have localhost in you /etc/hosts file?
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tc.2Fhosts

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Aidenn

Member

Registered: 2006-03-20

Posts: 57

Re: Applications idle for 10 seconds before starting

Aw crap, such a basic mistake. Yes, that fixed it, thanks. ;)

It's because with the P4 I had a static network and now I have DHCP, so I figured localhost would suffice. I added the hostname after localhost and voila, problem be gone. Damn, that was tricky.

-- edit --

Now I have another problem. I thought it was one issue, but it seems there are two. gnome-terminal doesn't always work. Sometimes it opens up a window and sits there without writing anything. Though this one is not for 10s, but indefinitely. Halp?

-- second edit --

Nevermind, it fixed itself. Prolly didn't register the hostname for a while. Thanks for everything and sory for the bother. ;p

-- third edit --

Wait, it did it again. ;p

It seems like a 1:100 affair. Only with gnome-terminal though, everything else works as advertised.

Last edited by Aidenn (2009-03-12 08:15:09)