Slow login

Haiyadragon · 09-02-2004, 03:30 PM

The first time I login after boot it takes gdm about 5 minutes before it starts up Gnome. When I log in without X it also takes about 5 minutes to log me in (unless I log in as root for some weird reason). Anyway, after the first login it's al fast again. Any idea's how I can fix this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

user.log when logging in:

Code:

Sep  2 18:52:45 cc109776-a service_harddrake[1029]: running: /sbin/modprobe usbhid 
Sep  2 18:52:56 cc109776-a net.agent[2044]: how do I bring interfaces up on this distro?
Sep  2 18:52:56 cc109776-a net.agent[2044]: add event not handled
Sep  2 18:53:11 cc109776-a perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 
Sep  2 18:53:11 cc109776-a perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 
Sep  2 18:53:12 cc109776-a perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 
Sep  2 18:53:12 cc109776-a perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 
Sep  2 18:53:13 cc109776-a perl: drakupdate_fstab called with --auto --add /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part2 
Sep  2 18:57:22 cc109776-a gconfd (pathfinder-4203): starting (version 2.6.4), pid 4203 user 'pathfinder'
Sep  2 18:57:23 cc109776-a gconfd (pathfinder-4203): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only config source at position 0
Sep  2 18:57:23 cc109776-a gconfd (pathfinder-4203): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/pathfinder/.gconf" to a writable config source at position 1
Sep  2 18:57:23 cc109776-a gconfd (pathfinder-4203): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only config source at position 2

amfoster · 09-02-2004, 07:18 PM

It may be as simple as binding your hostname to localhost. Before trying any exhaustive fixes, fisrt try this...

Let's assume your hostname is host.example.com

In the /etc/hosts file make an entry like this...

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost host1.example.com host1

Then make sure the file that declares your hostname is set. On SuSe that would be the /etc/HOSTNAME file On Red Hat that is /etc/sysconfig/network
I don't remember where debian sets it.

If you dont want to reboot, also type
hostname host1.example.com
log out and relog in.
Then try to startx

I may be way off for your problem, but it is definately a good starting point

Haiyadragon · 09-03-2004, 02:08 AM

That didn't work. No change. Thanks for the reply though. If I can't resolve it before I get home from work (In the Netherlands, it's 9 am now), I'll just reinstall Mandrake. Too bad I can't install Gnome 2.6 with rpm's without using Cooker ftp's. This is the third time Cooker destroys my Linux install.