> This is a multi-part message in MIME format... > > ------------=_1100809020-1263-5226 > > Dear all, > > This is my first post: I am turning to you for help for a minor > inconvenience. > I have two linux boxes, a home dual-boot machine (it also has XP for my > kid's > games) and a uniquely Linux box at work. Both were running 10.0 Official > until last night when I have the idea of "UPRMI-installing" 10.1 Official > to > them. In my dual boot machine (old Walmart Special Edition HP) everything > went > smoothly. In my office machine (a three year old "high-end" Dell desktop) > things > went smoothly except the following: > > When I boot the machine, the two first logins hang for about five minutes > before > going through. This is not very serious, since I have no reason to boot > this > machine too often, but I'd rather have that fixed. Let me describe the > problem > in detail in steps. > > 1. Reboot the machine and let X-Windows start > 2. Login using valid username. Login prompt disappears and nothing happens > for > about five minutes > 3. Wait five minutes and then suddenly the login proceeds as normal. > > There are variations to this theme: I can open a TTY-window (alt-ctl-f1 > etc). > The first login will hang there too, but opening a second tty-window will > let > you login immeadiately. So if I want to login quickly after reboot I have > login > three times and to get to X-windows wait for five minutes). I can also > boot to > failsafe mode and still the initial login hangs. > > Has anyone seen anything like this? Actually I have, with the same machine > and > 10.0. Back then I ended up reinstalling everything to get rid of this. Now > I > would not like to do that. I would be (naturally) happy to provide info > that > might be helpful to solve this problem (like info on hardware or content > of log > files). I can also live with this problem, but rather not. > > Cheers, > > Saku Aura > If the delay was about 90 seconds, I would suspect that it was a DNS problem when the system tried to find its host name. That usualy happens when you give the system a host name, but do not put an entry for it in /etc/hosts, and you don't have a full time Internet connection, and no local name server...
Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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