Well taking what Jason said into mind as far as DNS. I would make sure that in your /etc/hosts file you have entries for your computers hostname. Jason Jorgensen wrote: > The only times I have heard of this happening had to do with DNS > resolution. Some programs were trying to lookup addresses and took a > while to timeout. One box kept trying to find out what his own name > resolved to. We put it in hosts for him and then he was happier. > > There could be many causes for the problem. This is just one I happen > to remember. > > You will need to be more specific describing the problem. What > programs, what kind of speed differences are you talking about, have > you plugged the machine into a network and seen the applications > respond much faster? > > > Joe Dunsmore wrote: > >> >> my linux machine at home is not connected to any network and thus, some >> applications open very slowly. I've heard of this happening, why >> does it >> do that and how can I fix it? thanks. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list