Re: syslogd won't start

I was having the same problem. What you need to do is a 'uname -a' from that get your hostname and make sure there is an entry in the /etc/hosts file for both that hostname and the hostname.domainname, if you are using dynamic ip w/ ppp just set your hostname to 127.0.0.1. -Michael On Thu, 3 Oc

Re: syslogd won't start

> > Some versions of sysklogd die at bootup when your net is not running > (as in under ppp). Adding entries in /etc/hosts may solve your > problem. See a recent thread in the comp.os.linux groups... Thanks, that did it! For the record, here's the solution to this problem: Ed Merrifield ([EM

Re: syslogd won't start

Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm having a problem with the sysklogd package. Sometimes when I boot up, > it says it's starting syslogd, waits there for about a minute (much longer > than usual), and then continues on to start klogd. It looks like syslogd > isn't really starting when

syslogd won't start

I'm having a problem with the sysklogd package. Sometimes when I boot up, it says it's starting syslogd, waits there for about a minute (much longer than usual), and then continues on to start klogd. It looks like syslogd isn't really starting when it delays this way, or it is dying after it starts