[TriLUG] KDE, switching networks, delays starting apps

Alan Porter porter at trilug.org
Tue Oct 12 17:09:04 EDT 2004


Tanner> I've seen this happen when moving between two networks.
Tanner> As a test, try running "xhost +" before shutting down eth0...

This does NOT happen when I run a different window manager / desktop.
I used icewm a while back, and I never saw delays then.  Only under
KDE.

Also, another data point.  While "vi" does delay, "make" does not.
"more" and "less" do not.

This makes me suspect maybe something in the /tmp directory.  I know
that KDE uses some socket files in /tmp.  Would these cause some sort
of delay/timeout?

Alan





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