Re: ssh pause on ultra 2

[JJ Streicher-Bremer <jj@ratisle.net>]

Thanks to all who responded.  Indeed, the fix for my problem was to 
re-compile libssl with the -mv8 switch.  To save the next newbie a bit 
of the learning curve I went through these are the steps I took to apply 
this fix:.

1) Installed the source for openssl (apt-get source openssl).  This put 
the source tree in /usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6c.
2) edited the Configure file in the source tree to add the -mv8 entry.  
I opened the Configure file in vi, did a search for debian-sparc and 
added the -mv8 entry directly after the "gcc:" part of the line.
3) installed some packages I was missing (fakeroot, dpkg-dev, 
debhelper).  I don't know if I really needed all these, but this is what 
I did.
4) ran "/usr/local/src/openssl-0.9.6c/debian/rules binary" to rebuild a 
.deb file
5) installed the new libssl package (dpkg --install 
/usr/local/src/libssl0.9.6_0.9.6c-2.woody.4_sparc.deb)
6) restarted openssh

Viola!  Speedy connections to my ultra2.

Thanks again for the assistance everybody!
JJ Streicher-Bremer

Nate Campi wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 11:33:39AM -0600, JJ Streicher-Bremer wrote:
>  
>
> > I have woody installed on my ultra2 and have had this problem from the 
> > beginning.  When I'm sshing to my system my clients (every one I have 
> > tried) pauses for approx 15 sec before coming back with a prompt (or 
> > connecting in the case of key-based auth).  I do have forward _and_ 
> > reverse name lookups working on this host.  I even tried compiling my 
> > own openssh with the same problem.  When I run sshd in debug mode this 
> > is what I get.
> >    
>
> It's because openssh as compiled for woody doesn't have the
> gcc -mv8 optimizations compiled in:
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2002/debian-sparc-200212/msg00025.html
>
> I ended up maintaining my own openssl and openssh debs with the
> optimizations compiled in, made all the difference in the world.
>