f12 sometimes is slow to start

[Michael Thompson]

On 16/04/2010 11:52, Natxo Asenjo wrote:
> hi,
>
> I have been using the f12 (686) on a dell latitude e6500 laptop. This
> is my corporate workstation and so far it's working really nice.
> Everything works out of the box and configuring it to work with its
> docking station was very easy (much easier than expected). Great work!
> Thanks.
>
> There is one little problem. Every now and then when I boot the laptop
> it kind of 'freezes' and a few minutes later it works as it should
> without any other problems. I can change to a virtual terminal and
> login there, but if I try to login graphically it will take me like 2
> to 3 minutes to complete the process. I cannot see anything in the log
> files.
>
> Like I said, it does not happen all the time nor it is really
> annoying, but I would like to find out why this is happening. In
> /var/log/messages I do not get any errors. How can I debug the gnome
> login process?
>   

Issues with the host file can sometimes upset gnome, check the
localhost, and make sure it is correct.

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Michael Thompson
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