* [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. @ 2009-02-22 0:29 S.P.Tseng 2009-02-22 1:54 ` Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: S.P.Tseng @ 2009-02-22 0:29 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel $ cd ~/src/emacs/src $ ./emacs -q Unplug Ethernet cable, `./emacs -Q' nothing happen just freeze. Plug Ethernet cable, emacs startup normally. Unplug Ethernet && /etc/init.d/net.eth0 (gentoo), `./emacs -Q' startup normally. Does emacs attempt to connect network when startup? version: GNU Emacs 23.0.90.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) of 2009-02-22 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. 2009-02-22 0:29 [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down S.P.Tseng @ 2009-02-22 1:54 ` Stefan Monnier 2009-02-22 14:35 ` Richard M Stallman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2009-02-22 1:54 UTC (permalink / raw) To: S.P.Tseng; +Cc: emacs-devel > Does Emacs attempt to connect network when startup? Emacs tries to determine the hostname of the machine on which it runs. So if your DNS setup specifies a server that's not reachable, you'll get such timeouts, Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. 2009-02-22 1:54 ` Stefan Monnier @ 2009-02-22 14:35 ` Richard M Stallman 2009-02-24 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Richard M Stallman @ 2009-02-22 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: deftsp, emacs-devel Emacs tries to determine the hostname of the machine on which it runs. So if your DNS setup specifies a server that's not reachable, you'll get such timeouts, I wonder if there is anything Emacs can do to avoid hanging in such cases. Perhaps to make it time out. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. 2009-02-22 14:35 ` Richard M Stallman @ 2009-02-24 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier 2009-02-26 7:53 ` Richard M Stallman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2009-02-24 21:44 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rms; +Cc: deftsp, emacs-devel > Emacs tries to determine the hostname of the machine on which it runs. > So if your DNS setup specifies a server that's not reachable, you'll get > such timeouts, > I wonder if there is anything Emacs can do to avoid hanging > in such cases. Perhaps to make it time out. IIUC it does timeout after a minute or two. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. 2009-02-24 21:44 ` Stefan Monnier @ 2009-02-26 7:53 ` Richard M Stallman 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Richard M Stallman @ 2009-02-26 7:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: deftsp, emacs-devel IIUC it does timeout after a minute or two. Can we make it display a message after 10 seconds? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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