I used to see this on several services on startup. Sendmail used to give me the worst problems with it. I think it's related to trying to resolve its hostname, trying to establish it's own FQDN.
This is probably why your searching isn't turning anything up... you're being too specific. http://linuxmafia.com/faq/VALinux-kb/service-hangs-startup.html -wes On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Roderick A. Anderson < raand...@cyber-office.net> wrote: > Anyone know why CUPS hangs during startup if there is a problem with the > internet connection? > > I've been having some Internet connection issues (long and erratic ping > times, lost packets, etc.) and while trying to chase them down I > restarted my workstation. Every time it hangs while starting CUPS. > Once the connection is stabilized it works fine. > > What would CUPS be looking for on the internet when it is just being > used by systems on the home/office LAN? > > I did do some searching so either my search-foo is off or there is > nothing about this specific issue. > > > TIA, > Rod > -- > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
