Re: [Evolution] Evolution takes ages to start up

[Adolfo Bello <adolfobello bisapi com>]

On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 20:45, Paul Luchkow wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I am trying to make a real effort to use Linux on my pc instead of the
> other OS and I am hoping that Evolution can be a part of my move.
>
> So far it looks great (I had used Outlook before and like the similar
> format and integration of my bits of info) but... Evolution takes a
> very, very long time to startup and I would like to fix this little
> feature. 
>
> When I start Evolution I get a splash screen which is greyed out (like a
> menue choice that is not available to me) which stays put for a very
> long time (in excess of 3 MINUTES!). Then icons on the bottom of the
> splash start rapidly popping up as the program is started and then I
> seem to be able to use it with little problem. 

I had this type of problem when moving from my office DHCP setup to a
static setup at a client office. It had something to do with reverse
lookup. I solved it by placing in /etc/hosts the following line:
127.0.0.1       my_pc_name.mydomain.com    my_pc_name

HTH
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