On Sunday 18 December 2011 09:13:21 pm Patrick Schmalstig / WRRJ Radio wrote: > TO ALL USERS: Apparently my problem lies within /etc/hosts. The address > 127.0.0.1 was defined as my domain name instead of my host computer name.
I've written many times over the years.... NEVER name 127.0.0.1 anything other than localhost !! Theoretically, the entire 127 block is a localhost reference, and it doesn't matter, BUT some brain-dead apps ( reputedly talk, and apparently MySQL ) will choke and die if you attempt to use 127.0.0.1 with the machine host name ! If you are not on a network, then use 127.0.0.2 as the machine name IP. MySQL is brain dead enough for this to work, even though anything in the 127 block is the local machine. Because some software authors "assume"...... Never assign any IP other than 127.0.0.1 to the name localhost. Theoretically, any IP ( that really is a network card in that machine ) can be assigned to localhost, but the routing is different, so don't do it. If you are not on a network, create two entries in the hosts file 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.2 desiredmachinename That works. There's more in the archives by me. -- Cowboy http://cowboy.cwf1.com "I can resist anything but temptation." _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
