danlei wrote these words on 07/07/06 22:54 CST: > Dan Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 06:08:39PM > -0700: >> The most obvious problem would be if you are not configured to use >> dns. In /etc/nsswitch.conf, you should have at least something like >> this: >> >> hosts: files dns
Good job, Dan, I would never had guessed someone didn't have nswitch set up properly. There is instructions in LFS to do it, verbatim. How can this be overlooked? :-) > That really was the problem! You should have seen me, as I almost > jumped of my chair when it finally worked :) > [snip] > I've still got a lot to learn. You don't have a lot to learn, you simply need to slow down and read the book(s). Notice this section in the Glibc instructions in Chapter 6 of LFS: ============================================================== Create a new file /etc/nsswitch.conf by running the following: cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf << "EOF" # Begin /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files group: files shadow: files hosts: files dns networks: files protocols: files services: files ethers: files rpc: files # End /etc/nsswitch.conf EOF =============================================================== How did you miss this? :-) JK - I know sh*t happens. Good thing we got smart fellers like Dan around here to sort things out. :-) -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.23] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 00:13:00 up 1 day, 10:21, 1 user, load average: 0.26, 0.22, 0.26 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
