pdannyd

I'm currently running Redhat7.3 (Valhalla)

When connected to the Internet via KPPP I find various programs (not all)
take a long time to start up. Programs start up quickly when not connected
to the Internet.

eg:
NOT CONNECTED: all programs startup quickly and normally.

CONNECTED: A program (eg:galeon) can be already running but new sessions
take around 5 minutes to start. Subsequent sessions then startup quickly.


Any ideas where to start looking?

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FZS600 - silver/black
GS125 - black/rust
'81 Bobtail - vaguely green
CAAD7-R2000 - black
LTS2 - blue, not black
Linux Redhat7.3

steve harris

yep
somewhere in the kppp setup gui is an option for something about
hostname. Make sure it is not checked.

I found plenty of posts under groups.google.com
Search for kppp hostname

Steve

bit twister

That problem can be cause when the the host name/ip cannot be resolved
quickly.

Usually host name/ip resolution is found in /etc/hosts, example only,
grep $(hostname) /etc/hosts
192.168.1.10 wb.home.invalid wb <=====


If hostname is not there, then /etc/resolv.conf is used to ask someone
what your hostname/ip to use. Example only

cat /etc/resolv.conf
search localdomain theplanet.net
nameserver 204.27.202.44
nameserver 216.48.227.687


The order of resolution is found in
cat /etc/host.conf
order hosts,bind
multi on
and/or
grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files nisplus nis dns <======

pdannyd

Problem seems to have cleared itself (without me changing anything!) but thanks
anyway.

--
FZS600 - silver/black
GS125 - black/rust
'81 Bobtail - vaguely green
CAAD7-R2000 - black
LTS2 - blue, not black
Linux Redhat7.3