John wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> That sounds like the system is trying to do a DNS lookup, and/or >> taking a while to do the DHCP handshake/settings. With the cable >> unplugged, it does not try to access the network. (As long as your >> NIC and driver supports link detection - most do.) >> >> Are you connected to a router? Is the interface set for dynamic or >> static IP? Did you set a hostname? >> >> Mikkel >> > Turning off the services sounds fine; I'm tucked behind a router. > > John > Turning off sendmail will give you problems when cron jobs, or other programs try to send you mail. (That is why sendmail is installed and enabled by default.) What may be happening is that the hostname you are using is not in /etc/hosts, and doing a lookup using the name servers set by DHCP is failing. You can use the hostname command to see what your hostname is set to. The default is localhost.localdomain and is mapped to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
