On Saturday 29 June 2019 09:25:23 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > > On Jun 29, 2019, at 3:37 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > wrote: > > > > That conversion insists the hostname is realtimepi. In stretch I > > could fix it to the name I'm used to by setting hostname, then sudo > > chattr +i hostname, and it would stick over a reboot, but not in > > buster, despite the immutable bit being set, its been reset to > > realtimepi after a reboot, this despite an lsattr still showing the > > i bit is still set! > > Try hostnamectl: > > # sudo hostnamectl set-hostname HOSTNAME > > where HOSTNAME is your new hostname. > > Adrian That worked, many thanks
but the 2nd question re the avahi BS is still screwing me up. Outside dns lookup is working fine, and according to /etc/resolv.conf: nameserver 192.168.71.1 search hosts nameserver So a ping yahoo (or any site out of my local network) root@picnc:/etc# ping yahoo.com PING yahoo.com (98.138.219.231) 56(84) bytes of data. resolves yahoo correctly, but From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable I can't find a trace of those addresses anyplace in /etc so how do I get rid of them forever? apt purge avahi-* gives: [...] The following packages will be REMOVED: avahi-daemon* libnss-mdns* Is this safe on a staticly defined network? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
