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From: "Thiago Lüttig" <tluttig@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:40:01
Message-Id: fcbf7e4c0706041134t190f7f9dj6061f5e66a5c8a4@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users by "Thiago Lüttig"
1 When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this:
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5 statd: server localhost not responding, timed out
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8 something about the nfs server ?
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10 On 6/4/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@×××××.com> wrote:
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12 > all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde.
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14 > On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin <duaneg@×××××.com > wrote:
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16 > > Hi Thiago,
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18 > > On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig < tluttig@×××××.com> wrote:
19 > > > Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under
20 > > 2.6.18
21 > > > kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and
22 > > the kde
23 > > > takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use
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25 > > > nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my network.
26 > >
27 > > How did you upgrade your kernel?
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29 > > First things first, check your setup for anything obvious. I don't
30 > > know much about KDE but I've seen problems like this with gnome when
31 > > the machine's networking is not setup correctly. Check your /etc/hosts
32 > > and hostname to ensure they are correct (not that upgrading your
33 > > kernel should affect them). Do a diff between your configs to check
34 > > nothing untoward has changed. Also capture and diff dmesgs from
35 > > booting each kernel. Finally, check your network interfaces with
36 > > /sbin/ifconfig.
37 > >
38 > > If that doesn't show anything interesting you will need to try and
39 > > isolate the cause of the problem. Login as a local user on the
40 > > console. Do a "ypcat passwd" and confirm that the command completes
41 > > quickly and the user information is correct. If so then your network
42 > > and NIS are fine.
43 > >
44 > > Next do an "ls -l ~<user>" with your NIS user name. If that completes
45 > > quickly and shows your home directory then NFS is fine.
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47 > > If that all works fine then we are back to KDE. Next step I would
48 > > suggest is strace'ing it to see what it is delaying on. See how you
49 > > get on with the other stuff first.
50 > >
51 > > Cheers,
52 > > Duane Griffin.
53 > >
54 > > --
55 > > "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan
56 > > --
57 > > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
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62 > --
63 > ______________________________
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65 > Atenciosamente,
66 > Thiago Lüttig
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68 > MSN: tluttig@×××××××.com
69 > ICQ: 194392373
70 > ______________________________
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78 Atenciosamente,
79 Thiago Lüttig
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81 MSN: tluttig@×××××××.com
82 ICQ: 194392373
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users Uwe Thiem <uwix@××××.na>
Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>