Re: Big delay on login: What's wrong?

["Andrei A. Voropaev" <av@simcon-mt.com>]

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 07:41:28AM -0500, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:49:52AM -0500, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello.
> > >
> > > I'm on a Pentium 120 with FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE, and zsh-4.2.5.
> > > When I log in, I have to wait in between 5 to 10 seconds before
> > > the prompt displays. Even though I use a functional zshrc file
> > > that has proven to work on other systems, things like auto
> > > completion doesn't seem to work in this case.
> > >
> > > # cat /etc/zshrc
> > > #
> > > http://www.home.no/hedhnta/zshrc
> > >
> > > # cat /etc/zlogout
> > > #
> > > http://www.home.no/hedhnta/zlogout
> > >
> > > # zsh -x
> > > #
> > > http://www.home.no/hedhnta/zsh-x
> > >
> > > Somebody know?
> > 
> > Most likely it has nothing to do with zsh. Once we had the same problem
> > because one of the daemons (I think ident) was trying to connect back to
> > the machine where connection was coming from to find out username there.
> > And we had firewall that was blocking those connections. So, login had
> > to wait till that daemon gave up.
> > 
> > YMMV.
> > 
> > --
> > Minds, like parachutes, function best when open
> 
> That's strange.
> 
> I doubt I have any daemons running that PF doesn't allow.
[...]

I would simply change to some other shell and try to login. If delay
disappears, then it's problem of zsh setup. If not, then it's problem
outside of zsh.

> 
> By the way, I like the slogan in your signature.
> It's among the best I've ever heard, as it applies to all things.

One guy has commented it as "Looks like today my mind is completely
closed, so I'm doomed to crash into ground" :)

-- 
Minds, like parachutes, function best when open