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Re: xdm takes so long to start [was Re: New X Server crashes]



on Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 09:38:05AM -0800, Erik Steffl (steffl@bigfoot.com) wrote:
> Joey Hess wrote:
> > 
> > Shao Zhang wrote:
> > > xdm on my machine(laptop) takes about 50 seconds to start.
> > 
> > > If no one knows why, then I am going to fire up a bug report against it.
> > 
> > I've already tracked down this bug and filed a report, so please don't
> > bother.
> 
>   any news on this? xdm still takes a LONG time (one minute?) until it
> start X server (the login window)

How long does raw X take to start?  Just "/usr/X11R6/bin/X".

What happens when you launch xdm from the command line?  Any error
messages or output?

How about "strace xdm"?  Is there a point at which the system output
halts or appears to be stuck in a loop?


My suspicion is, interestingly enough, network resolution.  X is a
*networked* windowing system, which means your localhost network
configuration must be properly set up.  A co-worker had a situation
where he could start X at the office (connected to the LAN via DHCP),
but not at home (standalone).  Problem was a misconfigured /etc/hosts
file.

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