Public bug reported:
System Info: Dell Inspiron 510m, Intel Pentium M processor 1500MHz,
256mb ram, Feisty with latest updates.
Having used Feisty as my primary desktop, I noticed that applications
take some time to load, even when another instance is already open; for
example, gnome-terminal would take 5-10 seconds to load a new window
even if another is already open, and without significant application
load. Having done some research*, I modified /etc/hosts, changing this
line:
127.0.0.1 localhost
to this ('inspiron' being my hostname):
127.0.0.1 localhost inspiron
After this little modification, most gnome applications seem to load
much faster and persist in cache longer, so opening another gnome-
terminal take usually ~1sec rather than 10 seconds, and other
application follow the same pattern.
Steps to reproduce (best noticed with ~256mb ram):
1. On an unmodified Feisty installation, open a gnome-terminal, firefox, totem.
2. Do some moderate browsing to increase firefox memory usage.
3. Open another instance of gnome-terminal & totem, noticing application
startup.
4. Edit /etc/hosts as above, repeat steps 1-3.
After this little tweak, applications seem to open much faster and share
the system cache more efficiently (with less disk thrashing noticeable).
Even my second system (using 1gig of ram) works more efficiently. This
issue should be fixed before Feisty's release.
*See here: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494659-highlight-.html
Also reported on Ubuntu Forums, user experiences of tweak and explanation can
be seen here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2311341
** Affects: gnome-desktop (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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[feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration
https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048
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