On 2008-11-21, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Andrey Vul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 2008-11-21, Harry Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Andrey Vul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > Result of startx &> xlog; cat xlog : > >> > hostname: Host name lookup failure > >> > >> > >> I'm not sure how much this may help you problem. But have you made > >> changes to your /etc/hosts file recently. You might post the first > >> line of it here. > > First line: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > > Note: this is the first line on both the computer currently running > > KDE 4 and the one failing to run KDE 4. > > > Do the contents of /etc/conf.d/hostname > and /etc/conf.d/domainname > > have similar kind of information on both machines?. > > I once had quite a lot of trouble with sendmail and a helpful poster > here told me to fix /etc/hosts like this: > > 127.0.0.1 reader.local.lan reader localhost > 192.168.0.4 reader.local.lan reader > [...] > > The advice pertained to the first line above. The second was my own > addition. > > Below is a note from my hosts file showing the origin of the tip. > > # From: Heinz Sporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # Subject: Re: Why does sendmail think its hosts name is `localhost' > # Newsgroups: gmane.linux.gentoo.user > # Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:37:08 +0100 > # Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > # [HP 02/07/06 02:37 Trying a tip from Heinz Sporn - switching > ## 127.0.0.1 localhost reader to > ## 127.0.0.1 reader localhost .. I think he's on to > ## something... we'll see.] > # 127.0.0.1 localhost reader > > I haven't had a host lookup issue for quite a long time as you can see > by the date in the post. > > But this may not be very helpful for your current problem. However > host lookup trouble can be quite hard to diagnose. Host lookup has nothing to do with this. Last time I checked, kde doesn't do anything with dnsdomainname. Also, I don't even have /etc/{init.d,conf.d}/domainname .
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