emacs startup delay when network is down

emacs startup delay when network is down

[Jason Dunsmore]

why does emacs stall (for ~1 min) upon startup when the network is
down and how can it be prevented?  i've tried compiling it without MTA
support to no avail.

thanks.

Re: emacs startup delay when network is down

[rgb]

Jason Dunsmore wrote:
> why does emacs stall (for ~1 min) upon startup when the network is
> down and how can it be prevented?  i've tried compiling it without
MTA
> support to no avail.
>
> thanks.

It's hard to say what's going on with your system but on mine
this happens because recentf is trying to verify its file list
and that takes a long time when the network is down.

Re: emacs startup delay when network is down

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Jason Dunsmore <jason.public@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:14:49 GMT
> 
> why does emacs stall (for ~1 min) upon startup when the network is
> down and how can it be prevented?

Does that happen if you invoke Emacs with "emacs -q"?

Also see the entry in PROBLEMS about slow startup due to network
problems (search for "FQDN").

Re: emacs startup delay when network is down

[Jason Dunsmore]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:01:59 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Jason Dunsmore <jason.public@gmail.com>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 22:14:49 GMT
> > 
> > why does emacs stall (for ~1 min) upon startup when the network is
> > down and how can it be prevented?
> 
>  Does that happen if you invoke Emacs with "emacs -q"?
> 
>  Also see the entry in PROBLEMS about slow startup due to network
>  problems (search for "FQDN").
> 

you were right, emacs was looking for the FQDN.  i found this discussion:
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.emacs/browse_thread/thread/783fe03168a5c168/640f9279be617a10

thanks.