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On 2008-11-21, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> "Andrey Vul" <andrey.vul@×××××.com> writes: |
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> > On 2008-11-21, Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> "Andrey Vul" <andrey.vul@×××××.com> writes: |
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> >> |
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> >> > Result of startx &> xlog; cat xlog : |
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> >> > hostname: Host name lookup failure |
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> >> |
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> >> |
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> >> I'm not sure how much this may help you problem. But have you made |
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> >> changes to your /etc/hosts file recently. You might post the first |
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> >> line of it here. |
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> > First line: |
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> > 127.0.0.1 localhost |
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> > |
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> > Note: this is the first line on both the computer currently running |
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> > KDE 4 and the one failing to run KDE 4. |
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> Do the contents of /etc/conf.d/hostname |
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> and /etc/conf.d/domainname |
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> have similar kind of information on both machines?. |
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> I once had quite a lot of trouble with sendmail and a helpful poster |
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> here told me to fix /etc/hosts like this: |
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> 127.0.0.1 reader.local.lan reader localhost |
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> 192.168.0.4 reader.local.lan reader |
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> [...] |
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> The advice pertained to the first line above. The second was my own |
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> addition. |
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> Below is a note from my hosts file showing the origin of the tip. |
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> # From: Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com> |
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> # Subject: Re: Why does sendmail think its hosts name is `localhost' |
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> # Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user |
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> # Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:37:08 +0100 |
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> # Message-ID: <1139294228.9734.10.camel@×××××××××××××××××××.com> |
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> # [HP 02/07/06 02:37 Trying a tip from Heinz Sporn - switching |
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> ## 127.0.0.1 localhost reader to |
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> ## 127.0.0.1 reader localhost .. I think he's on to |
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> ## something... we'll see.] |
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> # 127.0.0.1 localhost reader |
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> I haven't had a host lookup issue for quite a long time as you can see |
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> by the date in the post. |
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> But this may not be very helpful for your current problem. However |
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> host lookup trouble can be quite hard to diagnose. |
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Host lookup has nothing to do with this. |
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Last time I checked, kde doesn't do anything with dnsdomainname. |
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Also, I don't even have /etc/{init.d,conf.d}/domainname . |
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Andrey Vul |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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