From: Mark Ray (Mark.Ray@UNILEVER.COM)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 09:58:47 EST
Hi Joseph:
Simon is right about name resolution and the CDE; in fact, the CDE won't
even start if you don't have TCP/IP and whatever name resolution (hosts,
DNS) set up correctly. You haven't mentioned if this is a new, recurring,
or old problem. In any case, try this:
Take a look at your network options. Issue a "no -a | pg" on the system.
Of particular interest will be two of the top entries: "thewall"
attribute, and even more significant, your "sb_max" attribute. Thewall is
the total amount of real memory that's dedicated to the communications
subsystem. It has different defaults in AIX v4.3.X and 5.X (you also
haven't mentioned what version of AIX you're running.) This value should
be between 25% - 50% of your real memory. Now look at your "sb_max" value.
It should be *at least* four times the value of the wall, as thewall is
measured in kilobytes, and sb_max is measured in bytes. sb_max stands for
"socket buffer maximum". It tells you how much of thewall value will be
given over to creating socketed connections, which is just how the CDE
connects. Bump your sb_max value up . Way up. Start with ten times the
value of thewall; don't worry, you really can't mess anything up setting
this value. See if that helps. If it doesn't we can explore other options,
but I betcha that'll help you out.
Best Regards,
Mark Ray
-----Original Message-----
From: Green, Simon [SMTP:Simon.Green@EU.ALTRIA.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 6:03 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Slow Display Results using Exceed
My first thought would be the network.
Try connecting through Telnet - the one with Exceed is better than Windows'
version - and see if it's any better. Telnet usually performs better as it
hasn't got all the graphics to worry about.
The other problem which can hit CDE very badly is name resolution. Try
sticking an entry for your PC's IP address in DNS or /etc/hosts. I'd
usually expect this to be OK, though, once you've actually established a
connection.
-- Simon Green Altria ITSC Europe Ltd AIX-L Archive at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aix-l.html New to AIX? http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/portals/UNIX N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be appreciated. Please post all follow-ups to the list. > -----Original Message----- > From: JOSEPH KREMBLAS [mailto:jkremblas@REDHEARTGIFTS.COM] > Sent: 14 February 2004 23:34 > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU > Subject: Slow Display Results using Exceed > > > Hi, folks, > > I need your help. I'm using eXceed v6.01 running on Windows XP > Professional. About two days ago I noticed a significant lag in conect > time when I select the AIX host I want to connect to via > broadcast mode. > Then it literally takes forever for the CDE desktop to appear. > Afterwards, I will issue a simple ps -ef command and the screen is > hesitant to display the complete contents at any one given time. Has > anybody else encountered this problem before? Any tips on > where I should > look? This problem has me puzzled. > > I did go to the console and I see no lag in display response > time.
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