On Sunday 04 Jan 2015 16:06:50 Urs Schütz wrote: > Hi list > > While hunting down slow startx times (12-16s instead the usual 2-5s) I > found that "hostname -f" tries to resolve the hostname. This is a slow > process (timeout?): > > urs@cadd ~ $ time hostname -v > gethostname()=`cadd' > cadd > > real 0m0.001s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.001s > > urs@cadd ~ $ time hostname -v -f > gethostname()=`cadd' > Resolving `cadd' ... > Result: h_name=`cadd' > Result: h_addr_list=`127.0.0.1' > cadd > > real 0m10.011s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.001s > > urs@cadd ~ $ man hostname > ...snip... > -f, --fqdn, --long > Display the FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name). A FQDN > consists > of a short host name and the DNS domain name. Unless > you are > using bind or NIS for host lookups you can change the > FQDN and > the DNS domain name (which is part of the FQDN) > in the > /etc/hosts file. > ...snip... > > My /etc/hosts.conf orders hosts before bind: > urs@cadd ~ $ grep order /etc/host.conf > # recognized are order, trim, mdns, multi, nospoof, spoof, and reorder. > order hosts, bind > > I do not run any NIS or bind services. > > I solved the slow startx by replacing "hostname -f" by "hostname" in the > /usr/bin/startx script, but still feel that I'm missing the real cause > for the slow hostname lookup. > > I do not have a DNS domain name definition in /etc/hosts. > I do run networkmanager. > Any hints where to search? > > What is the recommended way for /etc/hosts? I'm at a simple home > network, behind a NAT cable modem, and do not have a dns domain name. > > Thanks for any hints. > Urs
In my /etc/hosts I have something like this: # IPv4 and IPv6 localhost aliases 127.0.0.1 cad.homeLAN localhost cad ::1 cad.homeLAN localhost cad See if this solves your problem. PS. I remember a thread in this M/L about the correct way to configure a domain name and why how the Gentoo Handbook was wrong. I think there was a bug opened about it, too. -- Regards, Mick
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