Re: [Ekiga-list] Problem with Salix OS

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

On 29/04/11 09:47, Genghis Khan wrote:
> > 2011/03/12 11:06:18.937
>   >  3:11.110 DNS SRV Lookup
>   >  ekiga.net service _sip._udp 2011/03/12 11:06:28.953
>   >  3:21.127 SIP No SRV
>   >  record found.
>   >
>   >  You can try verious methods to see the delay:
>   >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV_record#Retrieving_an_SRV_record
>   >
>   >  Do you have a problem with DNS server?
>   >
>   >  The best solution is to solve your DNS problem, for ex. by changing
>   >  your DNS server.
>   >
>   >  I will also try to make a DNS cache in opal, to avoid such situations.
>   >
>
>   I don't know whether I do or don't have any sort of problem with DNS, I
>   need to ask the network administrator.
>
>   I have also noticed that if the machine isn't connected to any
>   network then the GUI of Ekiga would start after one to three seconds,
>   but if the machine is connected to some router (regular network, unlike
>   this particular case) then the GUI of Ekiga would start after ten or
>   twenty seconds, sometimes you'll need to wait up to ninety seconds,
>   which is very unfortunate and gives a bad impression to new users that
>   are experiencing this kind of behavior.
>
>   Why does Ekiga waits for a working connection before it starts the GUI
>   instead of starting the GUI before it and Ekiga will indicate about
>   "searching..." for a working connection in its status-bar?

You are right.  The things will go better once the DNS cache will be 
committed.

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Eugen