SLOWNESS ON JDBC INTERFACE

I've been installing and learning the jdbc driver with 6.3.2.
The example programs in the ../postgresql/src/interface/jdbc
directory run fine -- except everyone takes a good two
minutes to execute.

Running in debug, the hangup is on this line:

[Loaded java/net/InetAddressImpl.class from
/usr/lib/jdk-1.1.5/lib/classes.zip]

It halts there for a couple of minutes then makes the connection
quickly.

It's jdk-1.1.5 from the Redhat RPM.  Redhat 5.0 upgraded
to kernel 2.0.35.  postmaster is running with tcpip ( -i option)
The connection is from localhost (127.0.0.1) and the pg_hba.conf is
left at default (with localhost permissions wide open).

It's only a P-75 on a hobby machine, but I think it shud
be more responsive.  Normal commands from within
psql work fine.

Anyone seen this problem or at least have some ideas
how to approach troubleshooting it?

Tks much for any help,

Mike Meyer