Re: Linux slow boot up and no internet connection

From: prawnpusher (wotnospam_at_spamholiday.com)
Date: 04/23/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:42:46 +0200

I had a similar problem with Redhat.
Seem to remember it was a sendmail problem.
Problem was fixed by adding an entry into my /etc/hosts file I think

# /etc/hosts
        127.0.0.1 localhost loopback
        127.0.0.1 phrankndonna

This might fix it (the phrankndonna line)

Also, like the previous poster said, maybe look to stop sendmail starting
during boot.

Let us know if you fix it.

<Phrank> wrote in message news:6u2i80dvk7ni7cejocft4v2a2jlc1i0gkm@4ax.com...
> Hello,
>
> I'm new to the LINUX os, and the folks at the college I go to just
> installed Linux (Fedora) for me today as a dual os with Windows XP.
> They set it up the best they could, but I've run into a few glitches.
> Upon bootup of Linux, first of all it takes about 5-10 minutes for it
> to boot (closer to 10). Then, I get a message before GNOME loads
> stating,
>
> "Could not look up internet address for phrankndonna. This will
> prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> It may be possible to correct the problem by adding phrankndonna to
> the file /etc/hosts."
>
> It shows a button to Retry and a button to Load Anyway. I tried to
> Retry a couple times to no avail, then Loaded Anyway. After a few
> minutes, GNOME loaded. However, I had no connection to the internet
> (but there definitely is a connection to the internet that is working
> fine when I load the Windows XP os. The folks that loaded it did
> configure my system for DHCP using the configuration tool, but I don't
> know how to go about checking to ensure it matches the settings I have
> in XP.
>
> Also, during the bootup it says that the host/network
> clock2.redhat.com failed as well as the Synch Time Server. Once the
> GNOME loads (after getting the message that it may not work properly),
> it takes a very long time for even the browser to load. Now, I was
> told I needed to go to the NVIDIA site to update my video driver
> (which I obviously haven't done because I can't connect to the
> internet), and maybe that has to do with it.
>
> Any ideas what's going on and what I should do? Thanks!
>
> Frank