From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DxCJi-0007K6-Nh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:25:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6PNOAA1006007; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:24:10 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6PNK9WP013937 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:20:10 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j6PNKBTp002013 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:20:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j6PNKAZP016302 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:20:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BF91716295; Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:20:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:20:02 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Messages on boot Message-ID: <20050725232002.GB22244@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <42E568B1.4030605@interlynx.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42E568B1.4030605@interlynx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: 0f006954-93b0-492e-bed7-70398f2b8260 X-Archives-Hash: 504629aec61d05cb7d3003861cafadc1 On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 06:33:21PM -0400, C.Beamer wrote: > Hi All, > > The first time I did a hard drive boot into Gentoon, I noticed two > messages as follows: > > One said the make sure that the host name in /etc was set to a valid > host name. > > Well, in /etc, I have a file named hosts and when I look at that, it > says that the host is localhost with the ip address of 127.0.0.1, which > is correct for local host. Should there be another host name in there? The message means for you to set the hostname in /etc/conf.d/hostname (or /etc/hostname if you are using a rather old baselayout). W -- The lack of market penetration of this concept is demonstrated when Darth Vader says "the power of the FORCE" when he actually meant "the power of the FIELD." ~Prof. Kirk T. McDonald, DeathEM, P-town PHY 304 Sortir en Pantoufles: up 22:49 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list