181673 - Very slow startup in 1.1b and 1.2b (a minute to open the browser window, another minute to resolve the home page; then works fine)

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Beavis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

Very slow startup in 1.1b and 1.2b (a minute to open the browser window, another
minute to resolve the home page; then works fine). 
I use a PIII-733, 256Mb RAM, Win2k PC and a T1 ethernet connection. A computer
at work with similar characteristics (PIII-733, 128Mb RAM, Win2k, T1 connection)
and same motherboard does not have the problem. During the first minute only the
logo is displayed, then the browser window remains blank for another minute
while attempting to resolve the homepage host (regardless of its parameters).
Once the homepage is loaded, everythings runs smoothly from that point onwards.
No crashes occur at startup, it just takes quite a while. Quick launch does not
alleviate the problem. There is a plenty of space on the discs involved; they
are fast.
I had Netscape 4.79 before (still used for mail purposes) so probably this has
something to do with the problem, although otherwise the transition was
absolutely smooth (I think the slow startup was evident already at the first run).
If I am the only "lucky guy", don't bother. Thanks anyway!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Beavis]

Actulally, I found now that the slow startup at the logo stage is not evident
with Mozilla 1.2b and Quick Launch on. The second part ("resolving homepage")
still persists. 

Comment 2

[Tom Schneider]

I have a slow startup on Mac OSX for version:
Mozilla 1.3a
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021212
It did not do this before this version!!
Time is almost a minute!

Comment 3

[tyl2]

WORKSFORME on latest windows nitely on XP. Reporters, can anyone still reproduce
the prob, or is it gone now w. new builds?

Comment 4

[Chris Lyon]

Resolving due to lack of response from reporter

please reopen if the problem persists with a new build of Mozilla

->WFM 1.4a on WinXP