Re: configuring interface & configuring MTA time out
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:07:17 -0400, Gilbert Sullivan wrote:
> On 06/14/2012 10:21 AM, Camaleón wrote:
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>> I ask this to have an idea on where to put the focus in either a) long
>> delay -timeout- but NIC settings are finally okay or b) long delay -
>> timeout- with NIC settings unconfigured.
>>
>>
> Yup, it's definitely choice "a". Everything works, but the boot process
> is slow. And, as I said, I can speed up the "configuring interface" part
> of the boot, but the "configuring MTA" part still takes 60 seconds.
Okay, let's see if there's a way to speep-up Exim4 boot time.
> The interesting thing is that, if I hit <Ctrl>+<C> when the "configuring
> interface" prompt is displayed, the system proceeds rapidly through the
> rest of the process at a normal pace, with no delay at "configuring
> MTA".
>
> I'm not quite sure what the downside of using <Ctrl>+<C> might be. I can
> see in htop that exim4 is running after the boot process finishes, so at
> least it's not interfering with the actual launching of that process.
>
> This is really a minor issue since it only causes a minor inconvenience.
> I'm just investigating it because the present situation represents a
> substantive change in behavior on this system. It's obvious that
> something about the way Wicd works with networking has changed since the
> netscript package was upgraded some days ago.
To be sincere, I don't know what's originating the problem. If you say the
network settings are properly configured, why Exim4 is that lazy? :-?
Searching for "exim boot speed up" in Google I found this:
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1.3.7. Why does exim take such a long time to start?
http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4UserFAQ#Why_does_exim_take_such_a_long_time_to_start.3F
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Check if any of the suggested tips helps to mitigate the pain.
Greetings,
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Camaleón
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