Re: Network manager freezing on Ruby2.5 OpenSuSE 15.6

I did not do a script, I looked online for an updated hosts.txt file to
help with blocking.
Based on recent messages I need to use the original only until after
configuration and should thereafter be able to restore it.
Seems there is another method than hosts which Ill have to do research on.

CWSIV



On Sun, Jun 28, 2026 at 3:28 AM Carlos E. R. <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 2026-06-28 08:55, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > In the Message;
> >
> >    Subject    : Re: Network manager freezing on Ruby2.5 OpenSuSE 15.6
> >    Message-ID : <CAHeBFz1ShjLDTEkG73=
> [email protected]>
> >    Date & Time: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:45:13 -0700
> >
> > [CS] == Carl Spitzer <[email protected]> has written:
> >
> > CS>  DCR>>>I'd like to know how Masaru new to check the size with ls
> > CS>  rather than to cat as normal to check the content. I suspect this
> > CS>  may not be the first issue with a large /etc/hosts.
> >
> > CS>  Interesting a large ad blocking hosts causing the problem?
> > CS>  Hosts.txt aka Hosts is for ad blocking.
> >
> > So this is it!
> >
> > DucksDuckGo had actually shown me this old one, too;
> >
> >           Just a note to close this thread. YaST Network Setting
> >           initialization running slow is a know and confirmed
> >           "behaviour", "feature" or "bug". It occurs because the
> >           /etc/hosts file is parsed and loaded as part of Network
> >           Setting initialization. The larger the /etc/hosts file,
> >           the longer Network Settings initialization takes and seems
> >           to be nlog(n) for Big O fans. Upshot is, if you are using
> >           hosts to block domains then you will notice the slow
> >           initialization in Network Settings, so just wait.
>
> You could put the list in dnsmasq, perhaps.
>
> I suspect the problem is that whatever script adds entries to hosts,
> does not purge it of old entries.
>
>
> --
> Cheers / Saludos,
>
>                 Carlos E. R.
>
>    (from openSUSE 16.0 (Laicolasse))
>