Hi robin, I have been experiencing network slowdowns myself and it all happened 
as I moved from release to 134...I am also wondering what things change at the 
network layer...Lisandro

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Axelsson <gu99r...@student.chalmers.se>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:33:08 
To: Владимир Новосельцев<blackn...@tut.by>
Cc: <opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org>
Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Problem: Very long delay before login prompt
 (GDM splash)

On 2010-06-02 21:37, Владимир Новосельцев wrote:
> 02.06.2010 14:02, Robin Axelsson пишет:
>> On 2010-05-12 23:48, Mark Martin wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Robin Axelsson
>>> <gu99r...@student.chalmers.se>  wrote:
>>>> I'm not using any particular locale (I use the default system
>>>> language) and
>>>> I use a Swedish keyboard layout. The keyboard is a Logitech keyboard
>>>> connected via the PS/2 port and the mouse is a Logitech USB mouse.
>>>> Also note
>>>> that this delay has not been there all the time. Even after I
>>>> upgraded to
>>>> snv_b134 the login was normal. But then something happened quite
>>>> recently, I
>>>> don't know what it is. The only thing I've been tampering with in
>>>> the system
>>>> is the network configuration files such as /etc/host,
>>>> /etc/nsswitch.conf and
>>>> /etc/inet/inodes since I was resolving problems with slow ssh
>>>> logins. I have
>>>> a feeling that some configuration file was corrupted when the system
>>>> was
>>>> shut down. This is just a hunch and I may be terribly wrong. The
>>>> system has
>>> I don't have a specific test for you to perform at the moment, but my
>>> first instinct, when I read your initial post some days ago, was that
>>> this was very indicative of a network timeout.  I'm not a gnome expert
>>> by any means, so I'm glad Brian is helping, but I'd not give up the
>>> network configuration angle as another possible configuration issue.
>>> Especially since you mention you recently changed nsswitch.conf (and
>>> friends).  Additionally, it occurs to me during Brian's
>>> troubleshooting with you that that sort of thing (network timeout) is
>>> often not logged with a default configuration, which is why you
>>> wouldn't see it in any of the normal logs.  I suspect truss'ing would
>>> eventually find the network timeout issue if that really is the
>>> culprit.
>>>
>>> One thing you can try to do, though, in the mean time, is try using
>>> simpler (or older) versions of nsswitch.conf (try with just files or
>>> dns).  If you recently added ldap for any reason, then I might even be
>>> persuaded to put money down on a bet.
>>> .
>>>
>>
>> I removed the dns in the ipnodes entry (which is automatically added
>> by DHCP which I believe is the NWAM). I rebooted afterwards and the
>> same delay remains. I also noticed that the DNS was automatically
>> added back efter reboot. Perhaps you could guide me on what service I
>> should restart to make the changes of nsswitch.conf to take effect on
>> Gnome without intervention of NWAM.
>>
>> I have always used NWAM and DHCP even before this problem occurred so
>> I don't think there is a problem in the nsswitch.conf that causes this
>> problem and I have not added any entry for ldap as can be seen in what
>> I provided in my previous post.
>>
>> I also noted that the same delay occurs immedately after I relogin
>> when I want to open up a terminal in Gnome. I click several times on
>> several places to start the terminal. I get the "Starting terminal
>> ..." at the bottom of the screen but then it disappears and nothing
>> happens. After a few minutes the screen i cluttered with many open
>> terminals. From then on I can launch new terminals without delay. This
>> only happens on occasion.
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> Hi,
> can you revert /etc/hosts to default one? I've been running into similar
> issue on FreeBSD if mine /etc/hosts have missing some records, can't
> remember now that exactly.
>
> WBR,
> Vladimir Novoseltsev
> .
>

I reverted the /etc/hosts file and the problem with the login splash 
disappeared! Thank you for that suggestion!
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