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

[Mike Kershaw]

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Glad to hear it -

You can use 'ethtool' to get the current state if you're going to use a
shellscript.  There are ioctls you can call directly if you wanted to
write something in C.

-m

On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 02:38:17PM -0800, Marcus wrote:
> Mike,
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> you were right with the localhost lookup. In my infinite wisdom I didn't=
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> have the loopback device loaded. An "ifup lo" solved the problem.
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> Thanks for the help,
> Marcus
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> PS: I would like to write a script that enables the wireless network=20
> automatically when my ethernet cable is unplugged. Does anybody know how=
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> to test for a cable connection on the e1000?
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> 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.
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> >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.
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> >Just two ideas to check, good luck.
> >
> >-m
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> >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=
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> >>with the wireless networking/nautilus.
> >>I am running kernel 2.6.10 from debian/unstable, XFree86 4.3 with the=
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> >>closed source drivers from ati, gnome 2.6 and ipw2200 version 1.0.1.=20
> >>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 ne=
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> >>windows takes about 20 minutes.
> >>Has anybody else also observed this behavior or got an idea how to fix=
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> >>it? I don't know how to trace this one down, so any help would be=20
> >>greatly appreciated. Let me know if you need any logfiles.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>Marcus
> >>
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