<div>No, localhost was already there but I had to add the machine name to /etc/hosts like this:</div><div><br></div><div>127.0.0.1 localhost</div><div>127.0.0.2 inspironjaime</div><div><br></div><div>Where "inspironjaime" was the name I gave to the machine at install time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This problem happened when the name resolver was in a state in which it took long times to resolve any name or fail, like when the machine is connected to a LAN but can't reach a DNS.</div><div><br>
</div><div>It seems like GNOME was trying to resolve the machine name every time a new window was opened, by adding the machine name to /etc/hosts as mentioned it was guaranteed to have an instant response so it didn't get delayed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm sorry but I can't check if this is still happening because now I'm using KDE4 on all my machines and purged GNOME (I got tired of all this .net - mono stuff around and all the cumbersome and unknown - no one knows where they are - config files and registers that reminded me Windows)</div>
<div><br></div><br clear="all">Jaime Alberto Silva Colorado<br>Ing. Electricista<br><div>Gerente<br>SG Automatización Ltda.<br>Pereira \ Risaralda \ Colombia<br><a href="http://www.sgautomatizacion.com">http://www.sgautomatizacion.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Fabian Greffrath <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fabian@greffrath.com">fabian@greffrath.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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As a workaround I've added the hostname to /etc/hosts with an IP like<br>
127.0.0.2 (a loopback device address)<br>
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Does this mean you did not have your localhost added to /etc/hosts before? Please post your complete /etc/hosts file here.<br>
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Does the problem still persist with a recent Debian GNOME setup?<br><font color="#888888">
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- Fabian<br>
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