[lug] KDE Application Slowness

[Chip Atkinson]

On a side note, it could also be routing, but if you can get to anything
outside that's not it.  I say routing because if your DNS servers are
alive but you can't get to them, it's the same problem.

CHip

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 rm at fabula.de wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 08:48:22AM -0700, Chip Atkinson wrote:
> > It's likely a name resolution problem.  Can you get dns responses from
> > your nameservers?
> > Chip
>
>
> I agree, it could be a DNS related problem.
> It alsmost sounds like gnumeric tries to access some resource on the
> net but i just checked my version of the application (using ethereal)
> and can't see any network access suring startup.
> Another cause of problems might be the content of your DISPLAY environment
> variable. Does it point to a hostname (i.e. 'foo.bar.com:0.0') or to an
> IP address (i.e. '127.0.0.1:0.0'). In case of a host name there's an aditional
> name resolution step involved that might fail. Since most ppp/network startup
> scripts touch/modify /etc/resolv.conf and/or /etc/nsswitch.conf this might
> be the cause of your problems.
> To test do the following:
>
>  cat /etc/resolv.conf > /tmp/s1.txt & cat /etc/nsswitch.conf >> /tmp/s1.txt
>
> then start up your ppp connection. Then:
>
>  cat /etc/resolv.conf > /tmp/s2.txt & cat /etc/nsswitch.conf >> /tmp/s2.txt
>
> and then:
>
>   diff /tmp/s1.txt /tmp/s2.txt
>
> What happens if you start gnumeric from an xterm with the following command:
>
>  gnumeric --display 127.0.0.1:0.0
>
>  Ralf Mattes
>
>
> > On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Bernard Johnston wrote:
> >
> > > I just downloaded the latest gnumeric, which rocks. Excellent app.
> > >
> > > However, I've noticed strange behavior with this and a few other apps under
> > > KDE (which is my default desktop). If I bring up gnumeric before anything
> > > else it pops right up, fine, no problem. If I connect to the internet using
> > > KPPP, though, and then try to bring up gnumeric it takes literally minutes
> > > before it comes up. If I break my internet connection, everything is fine
> > > again. It's not KPPP itself; the problem occurs only after the dial-up
> > > connection has been established.
> > >
> > > Can anyone throw any light on this?
> > >
> > > Thanks, Bernie
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