[GLLUG] hostname difficulties

[Melson, Paul]

You may also need to update your /etc/hosts file to reflect the change in hostname as well.  This could cause the symptoms you describe below, since applications that display to XFree86 (the underlying GUI server) use network sockets to display.

PaulM

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Shirilla [mailto:mshirilla at micim.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 7:58 AM
To: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Cc: linux-user at egr.msu.edu
Subject: RE: [GLLUG] hostname difficulties


I am new Linux user.  I am using Mandrake 9.1.  I changed the hostname by
editing /etc/sysconfig/network.  The next time I booted my computer I
noticed a long delay after opening an application.  My first guess was that
there is some service that runs on my Mandrake installation that is trying
to connect to the fictional domain I entered in the hostname.  The nbtstat
command showed an open UDP port 53 on my computer to the DNS server of my
ISP.  I do not recall seeing that in the nbtstat before (The only apps I
used that day were KDE, VNC, Konsole, and the file manager which is called
Conqueror I think.)  I have to admit I do not know what most of the services
shown by a chkconfig --list are for and I am wondering if one of them
getting confused by my new hostname.  I changed the hostname back and shut
off my computer - it was too late for me to turn it back on.