Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try killing the .MCOP* files. I.e., bring the machine back to the [xkg]dm login screen. From a console session, rm -rf .MCOP*. Login to KDE. what are these files for? are tey important for any program? regards, andreas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
It worked ! Thankyou for the help and feedback. Roger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Roger Munoz wrote: I am connected to LAN and my /etc/hosts has exactly the same format as yours but still kde3 is very slow on boot up! Try killing the .MCOP* files. I.e., bring the machine back to the [xkg]dm login screen. From a console session, rm -rf .MCOP*. Login to KDE. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Roger Munoz wrote: > I am connected to LAN and my /etc/hosts has exactly the same format as > yours but still kde3 is very slow on boot up! > Try killing the .MCOP* files. I.e., bring the machine back to the [xkg]dm login screen. From a console session, rm -rf .MCOP*. Login to KDE. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
On Monday 11 November 2002 01:03 pm, you wrote: > I am connected to LAN and my /etc/hosts has exactly the same format as > yours but still kde3 is very slow on boot up! > > Any other suggestions? > > > Roger This probably isn't relevant to you at all but one time I got my hostname mixed up (different hostnames in 2 different files) and it took forever to boot up...as well has being very sluggish. Just a thought. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
I am connected to LAN and my /etc/hosts has exactly the same format as yours but still kde3 is very slow on boot up! Any other suggestions? Roger Sandeep Khanna wrote: Hi, Are you connected to your LAN OR local network OR internet while starting KDE or are you just starting the machine without any network interfaces attached to it? In any case, try appending your machine name at the end of the first line in /etc/hosts. For example a standard /etc/hosts provided with mandrake is as follows . sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ And, my machine name is "sandeepk" this is without the domainname. Since, the domainname is dynamically obtained via DHCP (especially for mobile laptops.I have one domainname in the office, one at home, one at school, ...) So, I just append my machine name "sandeepk" without the domainname at the end of . "127.0.0.1localhost..sandeepk" So, now it looks like this sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhostsandeepk sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ Without this, I have seen both KDE and GNOME having problems (slow, no login at all, etc) while logging in. Also, I have seen this problem only in Mandrake but, not in Redhat !!! Altough this may not be exactly what you wanted, but maybe one of the solutions to your problem. Hope this helps. Regards, Sandeep Roger Munoz wrote: hello I'm running mandrake 9.0 with kde3.0.4 on an IBM thinkpad T22.. When i load up kde it takes two minutes before the splash screen appears. Can anyone shed some light on this problem? Thanks Roger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3 takes long to load up !!!
Hi, Are you connected to your LAN OR local network OR internet while starting KDE or are you just starting the machine without any network interfaces attached to it? In any case, try appending your machine name at the end of the first line in /etc/hosts. For example a standard /etc/hosts provided with mandrake is as follows . sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhost sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ And, my machine name is "sandeepk" this is without the domainname. Since, the domainname is dynamically obtained via DHCP (especially for mobile laptops.I have one domainname in the office, one at home, one at school, ...) So, I just append my machine name "sandeepk" without the domainname at the end of . "127.0.0.1localhost..sandeepk" So, now it looks like this sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1localhost.localdomainlocalhostsandeepk sandeepk@sandeepk ~ $ Without this, I have seen both KDE and GNOME having problems (slow, no login at all, etc) while logging in. Also, I have seen this problem only in Mandrake but, not in Redhat !!! Altough this may not be exactly what you wanted, but maybe one of the solutions to your problem. Hope this helps. Regards, Sandeep Roger Munoz wrote: hello I'm running mandrake 9.0 with kde3.0.4 on an IBM thinkpad T22.. When i load up kde it takes two minutes before the splash screen appears. Can anyone shed some light on this problem? Thanks Roger Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
