CentOS - Aug 2009 - Interupted Internet Service

Everytime I see this in the logs my internet access stops for about 5 minutes.
Nothing else follows in the logs. I have DSL. Any ideas?

Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 6095
user 'root'
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
configuration source at position 0
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
position 1
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 2
Thanks,

Ed Warner

On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Ed Warner <edwarner99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Everytime I see this in the logs my internet access stops for about  
> 5 minutes. Nothing else follows in the logs. I have DSL. Any ideas?
Try setting the MTU on the DSL interface to 1492 if you're doing PPPoE.

If not, get a better Internet provider.

-Ross

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> On Aug 15, 2009, at 5:20 PM, Ed Warner <edwarner99 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Everytime I see this in the logs my internet access
> stops for about  
> > 5 minutes. Nothing else follows in the logs. I have
> DSL. Any ideas?
> 
> Try setting the MTU on the DSL interface to 1492 if you're
> doing PPPoE.
> 
> If not, get a better Internet provider.
> 
> -Ross
My MTU is already set to 1492. Can you explain the relationship between internet
access and the log entries?

Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 6095
user 'root'
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
configuration source at position 0
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
position 1
Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 2

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Ed Warner<edwarner99 at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Everytime I see this in the logs my internet access stops for about 5
minutes. Nothing else follows in the logs. I have DSL. Any ideas?
>
> Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): starting (version 2.14.0), pid
6095 user 'root'
> Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only
configuration source at position 0
> Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at
position 1
> Aug 15 17:14:56 bonsai gconfd (root-6095): Resolved address
"xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only
configuration source at position 2
You may get some additional clues if you can find out what is querying
gconfd.  What application are you using to manage your networking
configuration?  Do you have a DSL modem only, or a combination
modem/router?  Is your CentOS box plugged directly into the DSL
device, or are you using wireless or any additional router?

My suspicion would be that either (1) your DSL drops and the log
entries above are from the network management software when it
attempts to restore the connection, e.g. re-obtaining DHCP token; or
(2) the network software itself fails and restarts, which seems less
likely.  There are additional possibilities if there's a wifi
connection, etc.