Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2001 02:41:57 -0700 | From | Mike Fedyk <> | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel 2.2.20-pre10 Initial Impressions |
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 08:00:53PM -0500, John L. Males wrote: Content-Description: Mail message body > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Alan, > > Test Case One: > **************** > > - - Start Netscape 4.78 from desktop ICON > - - Click the pull down arrow on far right side of the "Go To:" (AKA > URL line) of Netscape 4.78. > > Results: > All were instant response from Netscape. Did the test for each
> Test Case Two: > ***************** > > Steps used: > > - - Boot System > - - Log onto non-root user id. > - - "startx" (KDE desktop started) > (applications prestart from last log off include kppp, kpppload, > xosview, gnome terminal, khrono, 3 kfm's) > - - Had kppp "connect" to my ISP (dial up model 56KB, really 49,300 > most of time, some connects 48,000, note kppp is configured to start > up ntpdate to sync with some time servers.) > - - Start Netscape 4.78 from desktop ICON > - - Click the pull down arrow on far right side of the "Go To:" (AKA > URL line) of Netscape 4.78. > > Results: > > For Kernel 2.2.19OWL, 2.2.20-pre10, 2.4.9-ac10 > > All times were 2 minutes 3 seconds to get the URL list that appears > >
> Test Case Three: > ******************* > > For the two times this test case was also done, still a delay of 2 > minutes 3 seconds from the time clicked the button until the URLs > appeared.
> Test Case Four: > ****************** > > For the one time I did this test case, a delay of 2 minutes 19 > seconds from the time clicked the button until the URLs appeared. > >
> Test Case Five: > ***************** > For Kernel 2.2.19OWL only was this test done. First time the delay > was 2 minutes 3 seconds, the second time it was 2 minutes 15 seconds. > >
I think you're right, it's not a kernel issue. You should run "tcpdump -qni ppp0" in a xterm before you start netscape.
You will probably see dns requests going out. You should check to make sure that you are not blocking incomming udp ports (1024-5000 for bind, not sure about resolver...) as that would lengthen the response time considerably if only a few are open, and completely stop you if all are blocked.
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