[KLUG Members] slow initial program access

[Bruce Smith]

> I just installed another SUSE 9.1 system.  It is on the fastest
> workstation here.  It is working really strange though.  When I first
> start applications they take like forever to startup.  Just to open a
> terminal window in KDE takes about 30 seconds.  Once the program is
> loaded the computer runs really fast and just fine unless I am
> getting to a feature that the computer seems to need to go to the
> hard drive again.  I think that there is some problem with the HD
> access on the system.  I am not sure what the chipset on the computer
> is (I did not build or buy this myself).  I will have to crack the
> case to find out the motherboard that is inside it.  Any ideas as to
> how to get this working better?  I do have an older system I may be
> able to yank some SCSI drives out of possibly.  Not sure yet though.  

Did you check /var/log/messages and `dmesg` for errors?

It sounds to me more like a resolver problem than a HDD problem.
Check /etc/resolv.conf and make sure the DNS servers are correct,
reachable and working.  (test with the "host" command)

 - BS