Every time I log in to xfce, it throws a warning that it cannot lookup
bsdbox (which is my hostname as defined in rc.conf). The warning
dialog suggests altering /etc/hosts to fix the problem. In fact, it's
not a problem because my WAN connectivity is fine, but I still want
to resolve this.
In
On Thu, 7 May 2009 09:14:24 -0400, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com
wrote:
In /etc/hosts there are two lines containing:
localhost localhost.my.domain
Really? No IP? I mean like
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:14 AM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote:
Every time I log in to xfce, it throws a warning that it cannot lookup
bsdbox (which is my hostname as defined in rc.conf). The warning
dialog suggests altering /etc/hosts to fix the problem. In fact, it's
not a
Really? No IP? I mean like
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local bsdbox
127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local.
Right, I realize I was unclear. I just meant that two lines contained
localhost localhost.my.domain, not that they
*Correction*
In previous email, /etc/ttys -- /etc/hosts.
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote:
Really? No IP? I mean like
::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local bsdbox
127.0.0.1 bsdbox.local.
Right, I realize I was unclear. I
On Thu, 7 May 2009 09:37:59 -0400, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com
wrote:
Let me make sure I understand (part of) your advice. Since I set
hostname=bsdbox in rc.conf, I should replace localhost instances
in /etc/ttys ?
No, the name localhost should be in your /etc/hosts,
along with the
I added the line
127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain
and now it works perfectly, thanks!
Question: what does the line I added tell my computer? I.e., what does
that line do?
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On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.comwrote:
I added the line
127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain
and now it works perfectly, thanks!
Question: what does the line I added tell my computer? I.e., what does
that line do?
The /etc/hosts file is used to
On Thu, 7 May 2009 20:26:40 -0400, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com
wrote:
I added the line
127.0.0.1 bsdbox bsdbox.my.domain
and now it works perfectly, thanks!
Question: what does the line I added tell my computer? I.e., what does
that line do?
It simply associates the
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