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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GP28O-0000VV-S4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:16:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8HJGI4h004056; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:16:18 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8HJAOUw006901 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:10:25 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23845642E5 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:10:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 29220-08 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:10:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E47964317 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:10:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GP21i-000197-3L for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:10:02 +0200 Received: from mue-88-130-100-246.dsl.tropolys.de ([88.130.100.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:10:02 +0200 Received: from listen by mue-88-130-100-246.dsl.tropolys.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:10:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Alexander Skwar Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: What is up with the new "domainname" situation? Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:05:50 +0200 Organization: =?UTF-8?B?LsK3Lg==?= Message-ID: <4548605.OUdsxlxJtQ@m-id.message-center.info> References: <450CCF71.7020007@veldy.net> <200609171245.58695.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <2507747.DxjkuuyZWt@m-id.message-center.info> <200609171448.15022.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <9acccfe50609170745q5d8225c9n4f72e211f1c0b036@mail.gmail.com> <1195472.0AGzUoq8gl@m-id.message-center.info> <450D8B18.8010706@veldy.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=utf-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: mue-88-130-100-246.dsl.tropolys.de User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.57 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.029, BAYES_00=-2.599] X-Spam-Score: -2.57 X-Spam-Level: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k8HJGI4v004056 X-Archives-Salt: 67a21ddd-b73a-41bb-a240-d05d73390f4d X-Archives-Hash: 551912f920177f1426f8dc67493f98aa =C2=B7 Thomas T. Veldhouse : > Alexander Skwar wrote: >> Actually, I find it quite clear. The documentation states what needs t= o be >> done and it states, what the commands return. It seems, that you've us= ed >> the wrong command. >> >> =20 > Following all instructions results in the console login prompt looking=20 > something like this: >=20 > Linux version(hostname.unknown_domain) >=20 > Which looks ludicrous ... Yes. It kind of luck like, as if the admin hasn't properly configured the system. On my system, I've got in /etc/issue: This is \n.\O (\s \m \r) \t "man getty" will show what this does. I get the impression, that there's not "not enough" documentation, but maybe *too* *much*? Alexander Skwar --=20 I would gladly raise my voice in praise of women, only they won't let me raise my voice. -- Winkle --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list