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

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 06/04/2011 08:34 AM, 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!
>
> 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.
>
> 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.

The correct way:
/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server stop

> Any other suggestions?

Run gedit from an xterm using strace.

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