From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs slow away from office Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:07:42 +1100 Organization: Rapt Technologies Message-ID: <87ock4mwg1.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> References: <871vh0oh97.fsf@lion.rapttech.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265327045 29076 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2010 23:44:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:44:05 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 00:44:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NdBLs-0005Tb-Jo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:44:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46684 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdBLj-0002cb-4Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:43:03 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!news.glorb.com!news.astraweb.com!border1.newsrouter.astraweb.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gXKqTWDJV4R71o5TDFsvpC2M2vE= Original-Lines: 40 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 7616494e.news.astraweb.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=n2GLgQl?PjlK; GKPh8BJfdL?0kYOcDh@jnmNjE4M:dlfbTVG84H7a:`P@T; >mBJe4h6kWfnNTC8K` Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:176623 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:71693 Archived-At: Tyler Smith writes: > Tim X writes: > >> Mark Carter writes: >> >>> I have a works laptop containing GNU emacs 23.1.1. When I am at the >>> office, connected to our office network, emacs works at normal speed. >>> When I am at home, emacs takes a long time to load on the same >>> laptop, and is often generally unresponsive, with long pauses in its >>> operation. This happens consistently on every occasion. All my other >>> programs work normally, as expected. >>> >>> What's going on? >> >> My first guess would be DNS or network related problems. In the past, >> there have been reports of emacs becoming slow when the network wasn't >> configured correctly. Without going through the code, I couldn't say. However, at a guess, it probably depends a lot on how someone has their emacs configured and what packages are loaded etc. Things which could be relevant include * SMTP server settings. Maybe emacs verifies server access when it starts? * Tramp. I know for example that running ido-mode also loads tramp even if you don't visit a remote file system * Emacs probably needs networking configured correctly to determine its hostname and to handle things like emacs server and daemon mode etc * Many emacs packages and add ons rely on network services. Depending on when/how they are loaded could impact on what emacs is doing. Note that the FAQ and/or PROBLEMS file has an item regarding slow startup etc which is due to misconfigured network settings and that this is relevant even if the computer is not on a network. Tim -- tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au