On Feb 28, 2012 1:07 AM, "Daniel Troeder" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 27.02.2012 16:16, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > On Feb 27, 2012 9:15 PM, "Alan McKinnon" <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:58:48 +0700 > >> Pandu Poluan <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> > I knew I've read about this somewhere, but I couldn't find it again... > >> > > >> > I'm installing a new Gentoo box, and it boots successfully... but the > >> > login screen indicates the machine's name as "NAME.O" > >> > > >> > Where does the ".O" part comes from? How to replace that with my > >> > actual domain? > >> > >> > >> What do you have in et/c/conf.d/hostname and /etc/hosts? > >> > > > > IIRC, both have been set properly, but I might made a mistake. I'll get > > back to you tomorrow. Internet at my home is very splotchy tonight. > > > > Rgds, > > > Just guessing: do you use the NetworkManager? It sets the domain name > from DHCP by default. I had X-issues because of that :) > If it is that you can edit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf : > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > [main] > plugins=keyfile > > [keyfile] > hostname=moja.local > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > (In my nm-system-settings.conf there is also a "ifnet" section, so the > "plugins" directive is actually "plugins=ifnet,keyfile".) >
Thanks for the tip, but unfortunately, this box is statically addressed. I don't use dhcpd nor NetworkManager. Besides, it's a headless server. Rgds,
