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joseph85750

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Registered: 2010-12-21

Posts: 1

xterm - very slow to start unless..

I have a CentOS 5.4 64bit system.  When I try to start an xterm through the desktop or command line, it takes over 10 seconds to start.
But if I try to start xlogo, or even gimp, it's fast.

However, I found if I launch xterm as follows:

xterm +u8

It starts fast.  I was reading something about delays due to locale, but couldn't make sense of it.  But after trying several things from the xterm manpage, I stumbled upon the "+u8" trick.

Can anyone explain the above behavior, and how to fix the environment such that xterms will launch at normal speed without the "+u8" ?  I've read it might be due to dns or name resolution, but I've verified /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf aren't referencing DNS.

Thanks!

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,424

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Re: xterm - very slow to start unless..

You realize this is an Arch Linux board? We support Arch systems...

You might want to ask for help on one of the generalist Linux boards.

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