[SNIPPED]> On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 07:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Once more thank you for your answers (for all who contributed). I do > appreciate > > them, but I have not been able solve this. Let me try to be more clearer > > what > > the problem seems to be: > > > > I have the verbose mode on (or I think so) by default. I see lots of stuff > > rolling through the screen when I boot (Like "Starting Shorewall: [OK]"). > > It > is > > only when this finishes (after getting the time from the remote server via > > internet) things hang. The sequence of events varies a little from boot to > boot > > but here is what happens: > > > > 1. The blue screen with mandrake logo and an hourglass comes up > > 2. Sometimes I also get the login screen quickly, sometimes don't. If I do > > get > > the login screen I can login, but then everything hangs (with the blue > > screen > > with mandrake logo and hourglass). > > 3. When I don't get to the login screen I just see the same screen (with > hourglass). > > 4. After a random amount of time (at most five minutes it seems) everything > > moves and is back to normal (i.e. I can login). > > 5. As I said, I can login to TTY, the second TTY-login will proceed > immeaditely > > to CLI. > > > > > > What I have tried now is: > > 1. playing with /etc/hosts > > 2. Disabling hardrake. > > 3. Disabling sshd (because strange comment on the auth.log about sshd). > > > > This has not made any difference. I wonder whether I should just let it be, > > since otherwise everything is working and I really have no reason to boot > > the > > machine ever. It is just the feeling that something is not right that > > bothers > > me. Any suggestions welcome! > > > > Saku > > Ok, been reading this thread way too long and am getting more confused. > Why not start at the bottom and work your way up? > > 1.) Turn off all unnecessary services (especially Shorewall) > > 2.) Change the default runlevel in the /etc/inittab to 3 instead of 5 > (this gives you a console login) > > 3.) Double check your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and > /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 for > any anomalies or misconfigurations > > I'll assume that you're obtaining an IP address with DHCP, ya? You might > want to use more than two DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf - > especially one that is a backbone or primary DNS NOT related to your ISP > or provider (I use two for Australia and one from Asia) > > Reboot - watch - and once you login to the console, run dmesg and look > for any aberrations there. > > If all goes well, and you login nicely, run "startx" to fire up your > default XWindows default GUI; are there any further problems? If not, > then you can go back to your /etc/inittab and change the runlevel back > to 5 from 3 so that you have a graphical login session. > > All in all from what I'm gathering here, something is hosed in either > your overall networking or in the KDE (if that's your default) > configuration... > > Ok - that's my shot in the dark... > > -- > stephen kuhn > mobile: 0410-728-389 > illawarra and regional new south wales > ----------------------------------------------- > GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives > 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses > Registered Linux User # 267497 > > Windows: Where do you want to go today? > MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? > Linux: Are you coming or what? > > ----------------------------------------------- > It wasn't a dark and stormy night. It should have been, but there's the > weather for you. For every mad scientist who's had a convenient > thunderstorm just on the night his Great Work is complete and lying on > the slab, there have been dozens who've sat around aimlessly under the > peaceful stars while Igor clocks up the overtime. -- (Terry Pratchett & > Neil Gaiman, Good Omens) > > On Sat, 2004-11-20 at 07:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Once more thank you for your answers (for all who contributed). I do > appreciate > > them, but I have not been able solve this. Let me try to be more clearer > > what > > the problem seems to be: > > > > I have the verbose mode on (or I think so) by default. I see lots of stuff > > rolling through the screen when I boot (Like "Starting Shorewall: [OK]"). > > It > is > > only when this finishes (after getting the time from the remote server via > > internet) things hang. The sequence of events varies a little from boot to > boot > > but here is what happens: > > > > 1. The blue screen with mandrake logo and an hourglass comes up > > 2. Sometimes I also get the login screen quickly, sometimes don't. If I do > > get > > the login screen I can login, but then everything hangs (with the blue > > screen > > with mandrake logo and hourglass). > > 3. When I don't get to the login screen I just see the same screen (with > hourglass). > > 4. After a random amount of time (at most five minutes it seems) everything > > moves and is back to normal (i.e. I can login). > > 5. As I said, I can login to TTY, the second TTY-login will proceed > immeaditely > > to CLI. > > > > > > What I have tried now is: > > 1. playing with /etc/hosts > > 2. Disabling hardrake. > > 3. Disabling sshd (because strange comment on the auth.log about sshd). > > > > This has not made any difference. I wonder whether I should just let it be, > > since otherwise everything is working and I really have no reason to boot > > the > > machine ever. It is just the feeling that something is not right that > > bothers > > me. Any suggestions welcome! > > > > Saku > > Ok, been reading this thread way too long and am getting more confused. > Why not start at the bottom and work your way up? > > 1.) Turn off all unnecessary services (especially Shorewall) > > 2.) Change the default runlevel in the /etc/inittab to 3 instead of 5 > (this gives you a console login) > > 3.) Double check your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and > /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 for > any anomalies or misconfigurations > > I'll assume that you're obtaining an IP address with DHCP, ya? You might > want to use more than two DNS servers in your /etc/resolv.conf - > especially one that is a backbone or primary DNS NOT related to your ISP > or provider (I use two for Australia and one from Asia) > > Reboot - watch - and once you login to the console, run dmesg and look > for any aberrations there. > > If all goes well, and you login nicely, run "startx" to fire up your > default XWindows default GUI; are there any further problems? If not, > then you can go back to your /etc/inittab and change the runlevel back > to 5 from 3 so that you have a graphical login session. > > All in all from what I'm gathering here, something is hosed in either > your overall networking or in the KDE (if that's your default) > configuration... > > Ok - that's my shot in the dark... > > -- > stephen kuhn > mobile: 0410-728-389 > illawarra and regional new south wales > ----------------------------------------------- > GNU/Linux/OpenSource Solutions and Alternatives > 100% Microsoft Free and no viruses > Registered Linux User # 267497 > > Windows: Where do you want to go today? > MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? > Linux: Are you coming or what? > > ----------------------------------------------- > It wasn't a dark and stormy night. It should have been, but there's the > weather for you. For every mad scientist who's had a convenient > thunderstorm just on the night his Great Work is complete and lying on > the slab, there have been dozens who've sat around aimlessly under the > peaceful stars while Igor clocks up the overtime. -- (Terry Pratchett & > Neil Gaiman, Good Omens) > > > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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