[NTLUG:Discuss] startx 5 minute delay

[Cameron]

* brewer at dad.adelphia.net [1999.11.02 21:52]:
: For some unknown reason, my startx command has started to take 5 minutes
: (exactly)to start the X server. Once started, the server is running
: fine.  This
: seems to be a time-out thing but I have no clue as to what is causing
: the delay.
: 
: Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this?
: 
: Russ
: 

if you're having trouble telling where the hangup is, go edit your
startx script and put the following at the very top:

  set -x

that will make bash display everything it does in the startx script.
hopefully that will give you some insight into what's happening--if it's
happening in the startx script itself.  i think it's probably a DNS
problem, but this will let you know for sure that you make it through
the startx script.  hope this helps.
-- 
cameron
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