Hello, Thanks for the suggestion, I tried them both and didn't work. Then I decided to do what I probably should have checked a few hours ago before the frustration really hit, and that is /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf is from what I can tell not even being used because the interface(s) are all getting there IP addresses statically assigned.
Thanks. Dave. On 6/27/23, gene heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > On 6/27/23 06:49, David Mehler wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've got a VPS through a2hosting it was running Debian 11 specifically >> 11.7. Long story short I just had to reinstall it after a hard week of >> work so instead of doing it all over again on 11.7 I decided to >> upgrade to 12.0. I used this: >> >> https://www.makeuseof.com/upgrade-to-debian-12-bookworm-from-debian-11/ >> >> the upgrade itself went just fine. I set my time zone that stuck and >> is persisting then went for the hostname, I am doing this via ssh, in >> setting the hostname it won't persist through a reboot. >> >> In the below output I've x-d out items like the device chasis ID and >> the IP I've made it a 192.168.x.x address even tthough the actual >> address is public. >> >> The one thing I see and I don't know if this is related is when I >> change the hostname with set-hostname hostnamectl -f and -i gives an >> error. >> >> #hostname >> server.example.com >> >> #hostname -f >> server.example.com >> >> #hostname -i >> 192.168.23.195 >> >> #hostname -s >> server >> >> #cat /etc/hostname >> server.example.com >> >> #cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. >> 192.168.23.195 server.example.com server >> >> #hostnamectl set-hostname bookworm >> >> #hostname >> bookworm >> >> #hostname -f >> hostname: Name or service not known >> >> #hostname -s >> bookworm >> >> #hostname -i >> hostname: Name or service not known >> >> #cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. >> 192.168.23.195 server.example.com server >> >> #perl -i -p -e 's/server/bookworm/g;' /etc/hosts >> >> #cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. >> 192.168.23.195 bookworm.example.com bookworm >> >> #cat /etc/hostname >> bookworm >> >> #reboot >> >> #cat /etc/hosts >> 127.0.0.1 localhost >> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment. >> 192.168.23.195 server.example.com server >> >> #cat /etc/hostname >> server.example.com >> >> #hostname >> server.example.com >> >> #hostname -f >> server.example.com >> >> #hostname -s >> server >> >> #hostname -i >> 192.168.23.195 >> >> I've googled and not seen this as a problem, I am quite perplexed. >> Suggestions welcome. >> Thanks. >> Dave. > > I ran into a similar problem setting up some bananapi-m5's running > armbian as klipper interfaces to 3d printers. That hostname must exist > in the /etc/hosts file before it quits resetting the hostname to the > install default. It might be an armbian problem, but it does IMO rate a > check. So edit the hosts file first. >> . > > 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, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/> > >
