Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with kde and NIS/NFS users

[Thiago Lüttig]

all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde.

On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin <duaneg@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Thiago,
>
> On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@×××××.com> wrote:
> > Hi folks. I have an gentoo-desktop box, with kde-3.5.5 running under
> 2.6.18
> > kernel. Last week, I upgraded the kernel to the 2.6.20 version, and the
> kde
> > takes a whole eternity to start, and another to run any program. I use
> > nis(ypbind) and nfs(the home folders) to log on my network.
>
> How did you upgrade your kernel?
>
> First things first, check your setup for anything obvious. I don't
> know much about KDE but I've seen problems like this with gnome when
> the machine's networking is not setup correctly. Check your /etc/hosts
> and hostname to ensure they are correct (not that upgrading your
> kernel should affect them). Do a diff between your configs to check
> nothing untoward has changed. Also capture and diff dmesgs from
> booting each kernel. Finally, check your network interfaces with
> /sbin/ifconfig.
>
> If that doesn't show anything interesting you will need to try and
> isolate the cause of the problem. Login as a local user on the
> console. Do a "ypcat passwd" and confirm that the command completes
> quickly and the user information is correct. If so then your network
> and NIS are fine.
>
> Next do an "ls -l ~<user>" with your NIS user name. If that completes
> quickly and shows your home directory then NFS is fine.
>
> If that all works fine then we are back to KDE. Next step I would
> suggest is strace'ing it to see what it is delaying on. See how you
> get on with the other stuff first.
>
> Cheers,
> Duane Griffin.
>
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Atenciosamente,
Thiago Lüttig

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