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Re: xdm delays



on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 04:32:24PM -0500, MaD dUCK (madduck@madduck.net) wrote:
> hey,
> 
> when i log in through xdm, i am presented with a precisely 60 second
> long delay before the first line of my .xsession is executed. in fact,
> using root privileges to modify the xdm files, i found out that
> /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup_0 (which calls /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup) is
> executed and finishes, but then the 60 second delay kicks in before
> either of /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession_0 and /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession is
> executed. 

What's in your /etc/hosts file?  Do you have entries for *both*
localhost and your machine name?  Is networking enabled?

X is a *networked* windowing system.  It can get hung up on network
config issues.

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