Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:35:14 -0400 From: mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> To: chip.wiegand@simrad.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostname problem, apparently only in X Message-ID: <20020423193514.A18995@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <OF8A2628B2.054EA2A9-ON88256BA4.0080842C-88256BA4.0080E561@simrad.no>; from chip.wiegand@simrad.com on Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:27:19PM -0700 References: <OF8A2628B2.054EA2A9-ON88256BA4.0080842C-88256BA4.0080E561@simrad.no>
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:27:19PM -0700, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > mpd <mpd@rochester.rr.com> wrote on 04/23/2002 04:07:26 PM: > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 03:53:54PM -0700, chip.wiegand@simrad.com wrote: > > > I seem to be seeing some new errors I haven't seen in other installs. > This > > > time its in a > > > term window in X. When I try to run cvsup cvsupfile I get the > following > > > message - > > > > > > Cannot get IP address of my own host - - is it's host name correct? > > > > > > I don't get this when I run from the console, only when in X. Maybe > this > > > is related to a > > > problem with X itself? When I shutdown X the messages on the console > show > > > - > > > > > > waiting for xserver to shut down > > > xauth: (argv):1: bad display name "cwiegand2:0" in "remove" command > > > > > > when I enter hostname at the console I get > > > cwiegand2 > > > > > > Any idea what I should do about this? > > > > Is that the *real* hostname (i.e. is cwiegand2 returned when you > > do an nslookup on your IP?) or just some name you gave it? > > When I do nslookup with my ipaddress I get > Can't find server name for address 157.237.xx.xxx: nonexistant host/domain > Server: Cache02.ns.uu.net > Address: 198.x.x.x > Cache02.ns.uu.net can't find 157.237.65.118: nonexistant host/domain > > We have a dhcp server, NT, ip 157.237.xx.xxx. My freebsd box gets it's > info from that dhcp server. Including the hostname? The hostname should be fully qualified, or at least listed in /etc/hosts. I assume doing an nslookup on 'cwiegand2' doesn't find anything. Try adding it to /etc/hosts if it isn't already, and make sure 'hosts' is listed before 'bind' in /etc/host.conf (which I believe is default.) > > -- > Chip > > mike -- ___________________________________________________________ Little Girl: "POKEY WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN THE LADY IS NAKED AND THE MAN IS ALSO NAKED AND THEY ARE HUGGING LIKE THAT???" Pokey the Penguin: "COVER YOUR EYES CHILD! I WILL EXPLAIN LATER" - from "POKEY HAS UNTERNET" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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