Re: Gnome/KDE program launches hang when Internet disconnected - Lenny

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 09:34:26 -0400, Jack Dodds wrote:

> Thanks to those who commented.
> 
> I tried    /etc/init.d/networking stop   .  When this is done, programs
> launch without delay.  Of course, this makes it impossible for any
> program to access the Internet so it's not a solution!

Nope, not a solution, this was just for testing pruposes :-)
 
> However, taking gedit as an example,
> 
> Normal operation - Internet accessible - gedit launches in 2 seconds.
> External problem - Internet inaccessible - gedit takes 60 seconds to
> launch. 
> Internal shutdown of networking - gedit launches in 2 seconds.
> 
> Maybe this means something, but I am not sure what.

When sutting down the network service you are telling the applications: 
"hey, there is no network available, so don't bother going online".

> I also found NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher daemons
> running.
> 
> I tried   /etc/init.d/network-manager stop   which eliminated one - I
> killed the other.  This had no effect on the symptoms - gedit and other
> still take 60 seconds ot launch.
> 
> I also found 8 instances of nfsd and one instance of nfsd4 running.
> Tried to kill -9 all of them.  This had no effect.
> 
> Any other suggestions?

By Googling around I found this (comment #5):

Gnome slow loading apps, yet fine once load
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-desktop-74/gnome-slow-loading-apps-yet-fine-once-load-574196/

This is indeed in the line of what Liam suggested, so try and check if 
you experience any improvement.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón