-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 5-12-2009 17:00, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sat, Dec 05, 2009 at 03:41:00PM +0100, Nick Douma wrote: >> Since I full-upgraded my Debian installation from lenny to squeeze, I >> have been experiencing slow connections buildup. This is especially >> evident when I ssh to another server, while on other workstations >> (debian lenny and windows) the connection is almost instantly >> established, on my squeeze workstation it takes almost 10 seconds >> longer. This happens on all connections, for example, I recently enabled >> the MusicTracker plugin for pidgin, and set it to use my MPD server. >> Every time the plugin polls the server, pidgin freezes while it >> establishes the connection. >> >> I tried searching on the internet for similar problems, and found that >> it might be related to DNS lookups. I tried various fixes, but none of >> them seem to work. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track on what solutions >> I tried. >> >> Is anyone experiencing the same problems with Debian squeeze? > > yeah. I've been seeing it for quite a while actually, and couldn't > tell you specifically when it showed up. It appears to be only related > to the actual connection (in ssh), as everything else zips right > along. I also see it in http... google can take up to 10 seconds to > appear. > > I"ve largely been trying to ignore it as I haven't really had time to > figure out what it is. > > Also, I *don't* see this problem on a lenny machine on the same > subnet, and really interestingly, I *don't* see this problem on my > laptop which is running slightly more sid-ish than the squeeze machine > that shows the problem. > > A
To further elaborate, when I send a message in Thunderbird, I notice that the "sending message" dialogue spends most of its time in the "Looking up server" stage. After that, the mail itself is sent in a split second. Did something change in the way Debian handles DNS lookups since Lenny? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksa9ZUACgkQkPq5zKsAFijjCwCfWs1DBjX3JkAGjQAOWWpua+Pv iEcAnR0DuRKmilaOVLLrkGocSDcSBrWJ =cCCj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
