Command time gnome-terminal -e "exit"
is ok for checking if there is a difference in startup times before and after /etc/hosts modification. The startup time alone does not tell anything useful even if there is a clear difference, so the strace log should be attached from the slow startup case. The command for getting the strace log is (copy&paste from above) strace -r gnome-terminal -x echo &> /tmp/log which stores the log to /tmp/log -- [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
