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Ubuntu practically unusable without internet

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When disconneted from the internet, every start of an application delays for more than 30 seconds. Where does this delay come from, and how can it be removed? (Ubuntu 7.10 AMD64)

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sipiatti (sipiatti) said : 		#1

As I remember it is related to name resolving, so it wait for the DNS timeout.
If it is so it can be avoid with a local DNS service on your machine or maybe
it is enough to correctly indicate your hostname in /etc/hosts file.

In a terminal type command hostname then press enter. It answers your current hostname.
Create a line in your /etc/hosts file like this:
127.0.0.1 your_hostname
to edit the /etc/hosts you need root privileges so use sudo nano /etc/hosts or gksu gedit /etc/hosts
It is better to put the aboves in the first line of the hosts file.

Make these changes then reboot for sure.
Try it if it helped.

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bob4321 (kissme-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

Thanks for the answer. It solved my problem. The hosts file had already an
entry for <host>.<domain>, but not for <host> only. After adding that,
everything was fine.

I still wonder whether this isn't a bug of the Ubuntu installation program,
and whether it could be fixed so that the entry is created automatically?

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sipiatti (sipiatti) said : 		#3

We can say it is a bug hope the developers will fix in the next release upcoming in April.

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