Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-23 Thread Gerard Patel
At 08:49 PM 1/22/03 -0500, you (Felix Miata) wrote: Part 1.2 Name: test.py Type: Plain Text (text/plain) Right, so from this script the fact of opening all devices known has been rather fast I think ? about 5 seconds ? And this on one of these

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-23 Thread Felix Miata
Gerard Patel wrote: At 08:49 PM 1/22/03 -0500, you (Felix Miata) wrote: Part 1.2 Name: test.py Type: Plain Text (text/plain) Right, so from this script the fact of opening all devices known has been rather fast I think ? about 5 seconds ?

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-22 Thread Felix Miata
Gerard Patel wrote: At 09:42 AM 1/16/03 -0500, you (Felix Miata) wrote: 1505 (64 second last non-root login; 9.0; users 501,502,503,551,553,555,556,587; all group 501; 550Mhz) 1562 (89 second last non-root login; 9.0; users 500,501,502,503,504,505,506,507; all group 500; 500Mhz) 1470

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-20 Thread Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN)
Here is another way to see what's happening during devfsd startup : - Stop devfsd with service devfsd stop - Start it manually with devfsd /dev -t 2 You will see what is done during startup. Hit Ctrl-S from time to time to interrupt the scrolling and see what it is working on (then Ctrl-Q to

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-20 Thread Gerard Patel
At 04:04 PM 1/20/03 +0100, you (Christophe Combelles) wrote: Here is another way to see what's happening during devfsd startup : snip Yes, you already posted this; I have seen your post. I understand that you may have explained why devfs start is slow in the general case all right; but the

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-18 Thread Gerard Patel
At 09:42 AM 1/16/03 -0500, you (Felix Miata) wrote: 1505 (64 second last non-root login; 9.0; users 501,502,503,551,553,555,556,587; all group 501; 550Mhz) 1562 (89 second last non-root login; 9.0; users 500,501,502,503,504,505,506,507; all group 500; 500Mhz) 1470 (5.5 second last non-root login;

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Michael Scherer
But why is it necessary to change the perms of the devices ?? This should be only a matter of groups. For example /dev/mixer should always belong to root:audio with perms crw-rw, and a user should be in the group audio. So even ater login, the /dev entry has not been changed, but only

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Felix Miata
Gerard Patel wrote: At 07:16 PM 1/15/03 -0500, you wrote: I wouldn't know how to begin tracking it down. I asked for help on the subject: Login Takes An Eternity on 9.0 on the expert list Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:52:55 -0500. The thread produced no usable help. I am not subscribed to this

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Buchan Milne
Felix Miata wrote: Two different boxes, both 550 Mhz. Last timed login: 17 seconds. Might be a devfs problem. During boot: Running DevFs daemon displayed on the screen for 2 minutes, 19 seconds. 28 seconds later, tty1 went blank as X started and changed to tty7. IOW, the devfs

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread John Allen
On Thursday 16 January 2003 00:14, Austin Acton wrote: On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 17:33, Buchan Milne wrote: Would you rather a newbie has to figure out the 17 groups he needs to be a member of to use his hardware? Believe me, I was never proposing that gentoo has a better system. It was

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN)
OK, I had not thought of this cases. You're right for la_danse_des_canards. It could be horrible... But why is it so long to change these perms ? How is managed the list of devices to change ? Michael Scherer wrote: But why is it necessary to change the perms of the devices ?? This should be

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN)
WIth athlon 1,2GHz, it takes about 4 seconds for me, either on 9.0 or 9.1b1 If devfs is unmounted, I get instant login. Buchan Milne wrote: Felix Miata wrote: Two different boxes, both 550 Mhz. Last timed login: 17 seconds. Might be a devfs problem. During boot: Running DevFs daemon

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN)
Are you sure this is a first login ? Because when you or another user is already logged, the login is as fast as root. Luca Olivetti wrote: Felix Miata wrote: 1973. I just booted 9.0 on my W98 machine and it took 17 seconds flat on VC4, much too long. A console login is almost instantaneus

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Gerard Patel
At 03:52 AM 1/16/03 -0500, you wrote: snip Two different boxes, both 550 Mhz. Last timed login: 17 seconds. Might be a devfs problem. During boot: Running DevFs daemon displayed on the screen for 2 minutes, 19 seconds. 28 seconds later, tty1 went blank as X started and changed to tty7.

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Felix Miata
Gerard Patel wrote: At 03:52 AM 1/16/03 -0500, you wrote: Two different boxes, both 550 Mhz. Last timed login: 17 seconds. Might be a devfs problem. During boot: Running DevFs daemon displayed on the screen for 2 minutes, 19 seconds. 28 seconds later, tty1 went blank as X

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Nicolas Pomarede
On Thursday 16 January 2003 15:42, Felix Miata wrote: Gerard Patel wrote: At 03:52 AM 1/16/03 -0500, you wrote: [ snip a lot ] Well, I had the exact same problem after installing 9.0 on my laptop. This is a rather old one, with Celeron 300 Mhz and not really fast ide disk, so any unnecessary

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Luca Olivetti
Combelles, Christophe (MED, ALTEN) wrote: Are you sure this is a first login No, you're right, I was already logged in in X. Because when you or another user is already logged, the login is as fast as root. Well, just to be sure I tried as a first login and it takes about 2 seconds. I

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-16 Thread Felix Miata
Nicolas Pomarede wrote: Well, I had the exact same problem after installing 9.0 on my laptop. This is a rather old one, with Celeron 300 Mhz and not really fast ide disk, so any unnecessary operations during the login is easily noticeable. After boot completed, I noticed login with root was

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Buchan Milne
Austin Acton wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 17:55, Christophe Combelles wrote: -- the login takes between 3 and 5 seconds. Hehe, there was some discussion about this a while ago. I forget where it was, but it was 'gentoo is SO much faster' people against 'Mandrake and gentoo are the same

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Christophe Combelles
Buchan Milne a écrit: Austin Acton wrote: On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 17:55, Christophe Combelles wrote: -- the login takes between 3 and 5 seconds. Hehe, there was some discussion about this a while ago. I forget where it was, but it was 'gentoo is SO much faster' people against 'Mandrake and

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Luca Olivetti
Christophe Combelles wrote: But why is it necessary to change the perms of the devices ?? This should be only a matter of groups. It's not so simple, a group cannot tell if you are logging in at the console or remotely (read below) For example /dev/mixer should always belong to root:audio

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Felix Miata
Luca Olivetti wrote: Christophe Combelles wrote: But why is it necessary to change the perms of the devices ?? This should be only a matter of groups. It's not so simple, a group cannot tell if you are logging in at the console or remotely (read below) For example /dev/mixer

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Buchan Milne
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Luca Olivetti wrote: For example /dev/mixer should always belong to root:audio with perms crw-rw, and a user should be in the group audio. So even ater login, the /dev entry has not been changed, but only the users of the group audio could access /dev/mixer. And

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Buchan Milne
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Felix Miata wrote: The system I most often boot to Mandrake has no sound card, and takes more like a minute to complete a login if not root. There's no excuse for such behavior to have survived the 9.0 beta process, much less continue in 9.1. 7.1 has no such problem on

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Felix Miata
Buchan Milne wrote: On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Felix Miata wrote: The system I most often boot to Mandrake has no sound card, and takes more like a minute to complete a login if not root. There's no excuse for such behavior to have survived the 9.0 beta process, much less continue in 9.1.

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Luca Olivetti
Felix Miata wrote: 1973. I just booted 9.0 on my W98 machine and it took 17 seconds flat on VC4, much too long. A console login is almost instantaneus here (9.0). Maybe what's causing the slowdown is something else? (/etc/nsswitch.conf?) Bye -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Austin Acton
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 17:33, Buchan Milne wrote: Would you rather a newbie has to figure out the 17 groups he needs to be a member of to use his hardware? Believe me, I was never proposing that gentoo has a better system. It was supposed to be sarcastic; like the only place gentoo can prove

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Felix Miata
Luca Olivetti wrote: Felix Miata wrote: I just booted 9.0 on my W98 machine and it took 17 seconds flat on VC4, much too long. A console login is almost instantaneus here (9.0). Maybe what's causing the slowdown is something else? (/etc/nsswitch.conf?) I wouldn't know how to begin

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Buchan Milne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And with linux NFS only allowing 15 groups, I don't want to waste any unnecessary (audio, cdwriter, video,usb) groups on stuff that is of no relevevance on the rest of the network (as opposed to adm, wheel, etc). Does NFSv4 in 2.5 support more than 15

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Gerard Patel
At 07:16 PM 1/15/03 -0500, you wrote: I wouldn't know how to begin tracking it down. I asked for help on the subject: Login Takes An Eternity on 9.0 on the expert list Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:52:55 -0500. The thread produced no usable help. I am not subscribed to this list, could you be kind enough

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-15 Thread Quel Qun
On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 23:24, Gerard Patel wrote: At 07:16 PM 1/15/03 -0500, you wrote: I wouldn't know how to begin tracking it down. I asked for help on the subject: Login Takes An Eternity on 9.0 on the expert list Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:52:55 -0500. The thread produced no usable help. I

[Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-14 Thread Christophe Combelles
This problem was also on the 9.0 : - log off ALL the users. - Go to a console (for ex Alt-Ctrl-F1) - login as root - login is very fast. OK - log off this root user. - log in as a standard user -- the login takes between 3 and 5 seconds. I have straced the login process, and made some very

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-14 Thread Austin Acton
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 17:55, Christophe Combelles wrote: -- the login takes between 3 and 5 seconds. Hehe, there was some discussion about this a while ago. I forget where it was, but it was 'gentoo is SO much faster' people against 'Mandrake and gentoo are the same speed' people. The

Re: [Cooker] user login is very long, while root login is very fast

2003-01-14 Thread Christophe Combelles
Yes, ok , but Is there a way to keep devfs and to not lstat the whole /dev ? Austin Acton a écrit: On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 17:55, Christophe Combelles wrote: -- the login takes between 3 and 5 seconds. Hehe, there was some discussion about this a while ago. I forget where it was, but it was