F8T3 Login very slow

[antonio montagnani]

2007/10/11, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com>:
> On Thu, 2007-10-11 at 09:13 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote:
>
> > I clocked the timing: it took about 20 seconds from password to login,
> > but it took more than two minutes to have a working login (I mean, all
> > icons, menus, and so on).
> > Much shorter if Ethernet network is connected.
> >

> >
>
> As you mentioned in your 2nd email after this,make sure your hosts file
> and /etc/resolv.conf file are correct and have proper entries.  Also,
> you might go through and remove some of those services that you don't
> need.
>
> I also noticed that after an initial install (heck, the install itself
> took 1.5 or so hours and this on a decent desktop), that it took a long
> time for desktop to be set, as well as apps being slow to start.  I have
> to get rid some of services first thing to get the desktop in a decent
> usable state.
>
> --
> Mike Chambers
> Madisonville, KY
>
> "Best lil town on Earth!"
>
> --

Mike

The real question is:

how (or why) my hosts file was completely blank (in a fresh installation??)
What blanked it???
Tnx for your help

-- 
Antonio Montagnani
Skype : antoniomontag