--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/01/21 08:27:02	1.702
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2006/01/27 20:37:21	1.704
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.702 2006/01/21 08:27:02 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.704 2006/01/27 20:37:21 albertel Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ sub logperm {
 # -------------------------------------------------- Non-critical communication
 sub subreply {
     my ($cmd,$server)=@_;
-    my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/$server";
+    my $peerfile="$perlvar{'lonSockDir'}/".$hostname{$server};
     #
     #  With loncnew process trimming, there's a timing hole between lonc server
     #  process exit and the master server picking up the listen on the AF_UNIX
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ sub subreply {
     }
     my $answer;
     if ($client) {
-	print $client "$cmd\n";
+	print $client "sethost:$server:$cmd\n";
 	$answer=<$client>;
 	if (!$answer) { $answer="con_lost"; }
 	chomp($answer);
@@ -5331,10 +5331,17 @@ sub get_slot {
 	$cdom=$env{'course.'.$courseid.'.domain'};
 	$cnum=$env{'course.'.$courseid.'.num'};
     }
-    my %slotinfo=&get('slots',[$which],$cdom,$cnum);
-    &Apache::lonhomework::showhash(%slotinfo);
-    my ($tmp)=keys(%slotinfo);
-    if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { return (); }
+    my $key=join("\0",'slots',$cdom,$cnum,$which);
+    my %slotinfo;
+    if (exists($remembered{$key})) {
+	$slotinfo{$which} = $remembered{$key};
+    } else {
+	%slotinfo=&get('slots',[$which],$cdom,$cnum);
+	&Apache::lonhomework::showhash(%slotinfo);
+	my ($tmp)=keys(%slotinfo);
+	if ($tmp=~/^error:/) { return (); }
+	$remembered{$key} = $slotinfo{$which};
+    }
     if (ref($slotinfo{$which}) eq 'HASH') {
 	return %{$slotinfo{$which}};
     }