On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:40 AM, AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 07/05/11 16:31, Tom H wrote: >> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM, AG<computing.acco...@googlemail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> In what seems to be a string of related issues having to do with >>> networking, >>> I now find that not only has my IP address been changed from 192.168.1.40 >>> to >>> 192.168.1.64 but also that my machine's name (valhalla) cannot be >>> resolved. >>> >>> This is the output of ifconfig: >>> $ sudo ifconfig >>> sudo: unable to resolve host valhalla >>> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:47:05:a3:07 >>> inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 >>> inet6 addr: fe80::290:47ff:fe05:a307/64 Scope:Link >>> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:47117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:46335 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 >>> RX bytes:38194090 (36.4 MiB) TX bytes:6237238 (5.9 MiB) >>> Interrupt:18 Base address:0xec00 >>> >>> lo Link encap:Local Loopback >>> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 >>> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host >>> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 >>> RX packets:7309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 >>> TX packets:7309 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 >>> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 >>> RX bytes:2964856 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:2964856 (2.8 MiB) >> >> sudo: What's the output of "cat /etc/hostname" and "cat /etc/hosts"? > > $ cat /etc/hostname > valhalla > > $ cat /etc/hosts > 127.0.0.1 localhost > #192.168.1.64 valhalla.org > 192.168.1.40 valhalla.org
Set "valhalla" as an alias of "valhalla.org" on the "192.168.1.40 valhalla.org" line to stop the "sudo: unable to resolve host valhalla" messages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTimXFadwOuZyjX2VCd=ygmlwh9j...@mail.gmail.com
