Lorenzo wrote: > John Newbigin ha scritto: > > Sounds like DNS. > > > > At a guess, I would try adding your hostname to the /etc/hosts file > > and set either a permanent IP address, or use 127.0.0.1 > > > > John. > > > I agree with John: the communications between the server and the > client under X are trying to resolve the hostname which fails and > they have to wait for the DNS query timeout. > > The solution is to put the hostname on the 127.0.0.1 line in > /etc/hosts If you want to be able to call the "official" address, put > the full hostname.domain on a separate line on /etc/hosts > > I feel my english writing skills not adequate, so I write an example > to explain better: Don't apologize for it, your english writing is better than many people I know here in the US. -- Bowie