[Mageia-dev] Debugging boot times

Thu Nov 10 14:13:07 CET 2011

'Twas brillig, and Frank Griffin at 10/11/11 12:39 did gyre and gimble:
+> On 11/10/2011 07:06 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote:
+>> 'Twas brillig, and Frank Griffin at 10/11/11 11:43 did gyre and gimble:
+>>
+>>> If the network isn't up when the dm launches, and you get your hostname
+>>> via DHCP, then $HOSTNAME is wrong on the desktop, no ?
+>> Perhaps but IMO a HOSTNAME env var is a generally dumb idea anyway (I'm
+>> sure some would disagree, but really is $HOSTNAME really much different
+>> from HOSTNAME=`hostname`?)
+
+> I agree, but unfortunately, bash PS1 \h doesn't, and neither did the old
+> GDM themes that showed hostname (although in their case the hostname
+> probably hadn't been set because dm didn't wait for network-up).
+
+Well in the GDM case this could (and should) be solved more
+intelligently. i.e. by properly noticing when the system hostname
+changes with network events etc.
+
+As for PS1 I see the issue, but I also think solving it by waiting is
+fundamentally the wrong approach.
+
+So the correct way to fix this is to ensure the DE environment itself
+notices the changes and updates it's own environment, then whenever new
+gnome-terminal etc. apps are launched, they inherit this updated
+environment, not the one that was present when it was initialised.
+
+So while delaying things might be a workaround, I think it's
+fundamentally the wrong fix.
+
+Col
+
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