Bug#247736: very slow start-up if $HOME/.gnome2/session exists

[Josselin Mouette]

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Le jeu 06/05/2004 =E0 20:47, Marko M=E4kel=E4 a =E9crit :
> Package: gnome-session
> Version: 2.4.2-5
>=20
> I'm not sure which package this should be filed against.  I'm using Debia=
n
> GNU/Linux unstable, and I had the problem that GNOME waits for a timeout
> (it feels like a couple of minutes) when I log in.
>=20
> The culprit turned out to be a $HOME/.gnome2/session file.  When I remove=
d
> it, the start-up went rapidly.  I had to find this file by trial and erro=
r;
> no error messages were issued, and I didn't see anything relevant in the
> system logs.
>=20
> The session file may be referring to some old versions of packages, or
> a different IP address of the computer (it's a laptop system), or somethi=
ng
> like that.

Sorry for the late reply. The GNOME session is known not to like when
there are name resolving issues. You should ensure that the /etc/hosts
file is up to date if you changed your IP address, and that the system
isn't trying to contact a DNS server which is not currently accessible.
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