[ltp] nautilus unusably slow when ipw2200 loaded (solved)

[Marcus]

Mike,

you were right with the localhost lookup. In my infinite wisdom I didn't 
have the loopback device loaded. An "ifup lo" solved the problem.

Thanks for the help,
Marcus


PS: I would like to write a script that enables the wireless network 
automatically when my ethernet cable is unplugged. Does anybody know how 
to test for a cable connection on the e1000?

Mike Kershaw wrote:
> I don't use gnome or nautilus, but have you checked that your /etc/hosts
> file properly defines localhost/127.0.0.1?  If only this app slows down
> and not the entire system (ie, jerky mouse, etc), then its possible that
> once you have an active network device it's trying to use that for name
> resolves.  Similar for resolv.conf - see if you're point somewhere.
> When you have no network devices active, the route immediately fails and
> you don't wait forever for the lookup timeout. When you have an
> interface thats up but can't get to the server, it'll spend a long time
> trying.  It's entirely possible to bring up the TCP level on a wireless
> device without configuring the wireless - end result, same as giving an
> ethernet NIC with no cable an IP.  It tries for a while before it fails.
> 
> Also check that you're not trying to use, say, NIS for username lookups.
> If you had an IP configure dinterface that didn't go anywhere, you'd get
> a lot of lag on timeouts.
> 
> Just two ideas to check, good luck.
> 
> -m
> 
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 10:06:54AM -0800, Marcus wrote:
> 
>>Hi list,
>>
>>I've installed debian sarge on my new T42p and am running into problems 
>>with the wireless networking/nautilus.
>>I am running kernel 2.6.10 from debian/unstable, XFree86 4.3 with the 
>>closed source drivers from ati, gnome 2.6 and ipw2200 version 1.0.1. 
>>When the wireless network is disabled the system runs fine, but after
>># iwconfig eth1
>># ifup eth1
>>nautilus runs very slow. It doesn't crash, but opening a folder or a new 
>>windows takes about 20 minutes.
>>Has anybody else also observed this behavior or got an idea how to fix 
>>it? I don't know how to trace this one down, so any help would be 
>>greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need any logfiles.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Marcus
>>
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