to locate a file on your computer, there are a few good utilities, the one I use in KDE is found at K(menu bar bottom left corner, like "start" in M$ prod.) > Applications > file tools > find files. dmesg is the log of the boot up messages that you see if you use a text boot up. /var/log/dmseg is mine, you will need to be root to access it.
It appears to me that you are "piggybacking" on someone else's problem, as the original I was answering had to do with the desktop of the Mandrake Machine, and slow (10 to fifteen seconds) to load a locally stored file. if the problem you are having is with multiple computers connected to a single dial up Internet connection, and it seems the graphics load quicker after a while and you are running Squid, that is "normal" as the cache in Squid is filling with the graphics that repeat and are now stored local. are we referring to a local (on that machine) stored files or files over the net? if your network is "of the 192.168.0.1 variety" does that mena the computer that is connected to the dial up the dhcp server? On Monday 17 December 2001 07:21, you wrote: > Now you're just trying to make me look greener right? :-) > > Where would I find a dmseg file? ...is this on the server, the client, or > both? > > ypbind is not running. My network is of the 192.168.0.1 variety with a > shared ppp dialup. The slowess occurs on the clients, although of course > that could be a result of the server being slow to get things happening. > > Right now, with the server having been up all day and squid running on it, > a fresh boot of a client works like a charm. So either starting squid has > made a difference, or something on the server eventually stops getting in > the way. > > Brian > > On Monday 17 December 2001 11:00 pm, you wrote: > > post the output of your dmseg file, do you have ypbind running? do you > > have a local network? is this box the dhcp server or a client? > > > > On Sunday 16 December 2001 23:20, you wrote: > > > Thanks for the responses to this. I don't think that there are any > > > extra servers running. One thing that may be related is that if I run > > > linuxconf and quit, it complains that squid isn't running and will > > > start it if I let it do so. Could this be implicated? I notice that > > > during the shutdown, I get error messages telling me it failed to be > > > stopped, presumably because it wasn't running, so it seems that > > > something expects it to be started. > > > > > > Hosts files shouldn't be an issue as I am using DHCP and therefore > > > don't have any addresses there other than that of the server. > > > > > > thanks again for the input! > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > On Friday 14 December 2001 10:10 pm, you wrote: > > > > have you both considered turning off all the servers possible ? this > > > > sounds to me like a dns , routed or ypbind server running (that you > > > > don't need, and is not correctly configured. are you trying to run a > > > > local DNS server? (as oppsosed to a local cacheing name server) do > > > > you have ypbind running (but don't have yellow pages needed?). Are > > > > all the local network computers hosts file correct? what about the IP > > > > numbers for the DNS servers? do you have it set to need DNS all the > > > > time? are you running reiserFS on the "dedicated server, which offers > > > > some NFS exports" (not a good Idea) my bet is on the DNS. > > > > I always thought a novell server would use ipx/spx, not tcp/ip? > > > > > > > > On Thursday 13 December 2001 23:19, you wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:40:46 +1100 > > > > > > > > > > Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> frantically pecked out this > > > > > > > > message::::: > > > > > > I have a total of 4 Linux machines (OK, some of them dual boot, > > > > > > but let's not talk about that) on a home/office LAN. One of them > > > > > > is a dedicated server, which offers some NFS exports. > > > > > > > > > > > > Everything works very nicely, except that programs take forever > > > > > > to load the first time. Just to fire up a konsole can take 10 > > > > > > seconds plus - this on a machine rated at 2800 bogomips with lots > > > > > > of memory. > > > > > > > > > > > > After things have been up for a while (don't know how long, but > > > > > > many minutes at least), everything is quick again. > > > > > > > > > > > > Haven't tested exhaustively, but it seems that with the LAN > > > > > > unplugged, none of this applies. > > > > > > > > > > This is a network issue if I've ever heard one. There is something > > > > > not right with the network. I have a feeling it's got something to > > > > > do with authentication somewhere on that LAN. Or, (the last time I > > > > > saw this one of the machines responsible was a windows box - the > > > > > novell client went south and killed the TCP/IP stack.) In that case > > > > > when the TCP stack became corrupt it really dirtied the TCP > > > > > communications on the network between that machine and the servers. > > > > > While it didn't affect the overall performance of the network > > > > > itself, it affected profoundly the machine that was having the > > > > > trouble. > > > > > > > > > > In that case the offending client was uninstalled, as well as the > > > > > TCP/IP stack which was then reinstalled, along with a newer, > > > > > upgraded version of the Novell client. Problem happily solved. > > > > > > > > > > I'm presently having some similar problems on my home LAN when it > > > > > comes to FTPing from a client machine to the FTP server here on my > > > > > Mandrake box. Outside my network FTP server response is very quick, > > > > > but locally on the LAN from time to time connecting and resolving > > > > > that connection in order to do any transfers can take a few > > > > > minutes. > > > > > > > > > > hope this helps at least shed some light.
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