[arch] Arch has gone *too* slow

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arnuld wrote:
> i am using "Arch Voodo beta1" . everything was working fine, i did not
> have any troubles. then suddenly, 1 hour ago, after a reboot it went
> too slow. 1st GDM took a long time to come up, then  "login" into
> either Xfce or GNOME is taking too much of time. i opened Terminal and
> it took too long to open, same with xine. every application is running
> slow. even Xfce is taking  a long time to log-out.
> 
> BUT command-line is working *fine*, as i tried other "virtual
> terminals" (using C-A-Fx where x= 1,2,3 etc.) only X has ran into
> troubles.
> 
> what exactly had happened to X?
> 

Please check if the entries in /etc/hosts are correct.