When I start kde, i enter a dmesg command and the last output was this: statd: server localhost not responding, timed out something about the nfs server ? On 6/4/07, Thiago Lüttig wrote: > > all the procedures about nfs/nis worked fine. i'll try strace with kde. > > On 6/4/07, Duane Griffin wrote: > > > > 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 ~" 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. > > > > -- > > "I never could learn to drink that blood and call it wine" - Bob Dylan > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > > -- > ______________________________ > > Atenciosamente, > Thiago Lüttig > > MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com > ICQ: 194392373 > ______________________________ > -- ______________________________ Atenciosamente, Thiago Lüttig MSN: tluttig@hotmail.com ICQ: 194392373 ______________________________