Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>>
>> Given that limitation, speed of boot becomes a major criterion.
>> F10 (and also, believe it or not, Pupeee) took *over* ten minutes -- yes,
>> real sixty-second minutes; it's not a typo -- just to boot. And then had
>> to find wifi.
>>
>
> WHAT!!!!!!???????
>
> I just booted mine for the morning, and it was on the login GUI in 50
> SECONDS!
>
> Once I entered my password it was connected to the network in under 30
> SECONDS (and I use WPA-PSK).
>
> You have install/setup problems. What services are you running? There
> may be a number of services that are waiting on the network to come up
> to check something and are waiting for timeouts, missing that the link
> is down so don't bother to try (ntp does it right, for example).
Now that you mention it, it does sound like sendmail/samba, etc.,
waiting for DNS on a disconnected network.
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Les Mikesell
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