From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 31 06:41:28 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E14D37B401 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:41:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailoff.mtu.edu (mailoff.mtu.edu [141.219.70.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F76343F75 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 06:41:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from froese@mtu.edu) Received: from node21. (node21.mtu.edu [141.219.68.121]) by mailoff.mtu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.4) with ESMTP id h6VDfNI25089 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from node25 (node25.mtu.edu [141.219.68.125]) by node21. (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6VDfNj22870 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:23 -0400 Received: from campus4.mtu.edu ([141.219.70.7]) by node25 (MailMonitor for SMTP v1.2.2 ) ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from node21. (node21.mtu.edu [141.219.68.121]) by mail.mtu.edu (8.11.6+Sun/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h6VDfMN02896 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mackenzie.ffr.mtu.edu (mackenzie.ffr.mtu.edu [141.219.149.155]) h6VDfM55022864 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:22 -0400 From: Robert Froese Organization: Michigan Tech To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:41:20 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200307310941.20889.froese@mtu.edu> Subject: Resolving domain names in KDE apps X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: froese@mtu.edu List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:41:28 -0000 Hello, I'm a new FreeBSD user with a performance issue. I've installed 5.1R and KDE. I've also installed Phoenix from the ports collection. When I'm using Konqueror or Phoenix to browse certain web sites they take forever to load. It appears the problem is associated with resolving domain names. While I wait (minutes!) for a problematic page to load, Phoenix will report in the notices bar at the bottom "Resolving host ...". There's no CPU or network bottleneck and the problem is reproducable in either browser with the same web sites. It seems also to relate to situations where one web page calls another for part of the content (e.g., www.vancouversun.com tries to load from ad.ca.doubleclick.net). If I open up a shell window and ask FreeBSD to resolve the same domain names with "host" they resolve instantly. So the problem has something to do with the way the package for KDE talks with BSD. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! ...Robert -- Robert Froese, RPF Assistant Professor, Forest Biometrics School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science Mighigan Technological University, Houghton MI.