Out of the frying pan...

[John]

On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 11:35:49PM -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> On Saturday 15 January 2005 09:57 pm, John <john at starfire.mn.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 09:47:13PM -0800, Joshua Tinnin wrote:
> > > On Saturday 15 January 2005 07:23 pm, John <john at starfire.mn.org> 
> wrote:
> > > > Oh, and figure out WHAT is going on with Konqueror.  On some web
> > > > sites, it is just fine and dandy, but on other web sites, it just
> > > > is GLACIAL. I'm talking about MINUTES to render a page.  The CPU
> > > > isn't busy, there's no IO going on - I have NO IDEA what it is
> > > > waiting for. It's so bad, it stretches credibility.  Then, as I
> > > > said, on other web sites, it's just fine.  Sometimes is stops
> > > > with 94% loaded and just waits a couple minutes - sometimes it
> > > > pauses with like "12 out of 19 image loaded," and sometimes it
> > > > pauses just as soon as it resolves the new URL and connects to
> > > > the server. VERY odd.
> > >
> > > Well, it just told you what's happening. It's waiting to load some
> > > images and the page won't render until it happens. IIRC, this
> > > happens because of image tags without size parameters, though I'm
> > > not entirely
> >
> > Thanks for your response, Joshua!
> >
> > Well, your answer is very reasonable given the information I
> > supplied, but it is not what's happening.  I can have my Windoze
> > work-owned laptop next to it on the table, and it will load up
> > these pages in a snap.  Konqueror isn't getting any data - it sits
> > there with nothing happening - no data coming across the network.
> 
> You may have an issue with DNS. You should have DNS servers listed in 
> your /etc/resolv.conf, like this:
> 
> nameserver      888.888.888.888
> 
> (the number is an example - you should use your ISP's nameserver or your 
> internal one, if you've set it up)
> 
> Is this also an issue with other browsers or network software? If you 
> haven't done so already, you should try Firefox or Opera and see if 
> Konqueror is the problem.

Opera does not have this problem.  It appears to be unique to
Konqueror.  Odd - but I was going to shop around for a different
browser, anyway.
-- 

John Lind
john at starfire.MN.ORG