Re: Black screen before login
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:41:57 -0300 (ART)
Renato Gondim Filho <gondim2@yahoo.com.br> wrote:
> Yes, but the computer is not connected to the LAN. Here is the hosts
> file:
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
> 127.0.1.1 blaster
> # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
> ::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
> fe00::0 ip6-localnet
> ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
> ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
> ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
> ff02::3 ip6-allhosts
>
That looks OK.
> Is there any log file to look for?
> Thanks.
The X server logs to /var/log/Xorg.0.log, while clients log to
~/.xsession-errors. You could try a 'tail -f' on those files in a
virtual console and see if you get a long pause at a particular line.
>
> Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> escreveu: On Fri, 27 Apr 2007
> 09:11:42 -0300 (ART) Renato Gondim Filho wrote:
>
> > Hi list.
> >
> > I have some computers running Debian, and one of them (pentium
> > 300mhz, 396 MB RAM), in the starting, before the desktop login
> > appears, a black screen appears for 3 minutes. The hd doesn't work
> > during this black screen. I tried other desktop (IceWm, blackbox)
> > and the result is the same. Does anyone knows what could be wrong?
> > In others list, a user of a pentium 200mhz said it's loaded
> > instantly in that machine. Any information will be welcome. My
> > thanks in advance.
>
> Could be a DNS issue. What is the hostname of the machine which
> exhibits the delay? Is there an entry for that name in /etc/hosts?
>
--
Liam
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