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

["Duane Griffin" <duaneg@dghda.com>]

Hi Thiago,

On 02/06/07, Thiago Lüttig <tluttig@gmail.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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