Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 17:33:41 -0500 Jerry Barton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran the network setup wizard in expert mode and unchecked set host name from DHCP address (or something worded like that don't remember exactly) and it doesn't do it anymore. try that. Perfect you are exactly right, this fixed the same problem for me on 9.1 Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Nov 1 02:55:44 EST 2003 02:55:44 up 5 min, 2 users, load average: 0.95, 0.46, 0.22 You two ought to be more careful--your love could drag on for years and years. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:28:47 + Poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Perhaps I didn't make myself clear, instead of the login screen saying Welcome to localhost as normal and a terminal prompt showing [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ it shows as Welcome to public1-derb2-... and [EMAIL PROTECTED] which are coming from my ISP. All I want is for the normal localhost to be displayed at boot and in terminals. Well, I see in there you've got: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes NEEDHOSTNAME=no could it be that your ISP's DHCP server is setting your hostname?! I've never heard of that before, but they might be running some kind of WINS/Netbios proto that is changing your hostname. I don't know enough about that network-scripts setup to advise what to change, except maybe try putting yes for NEEDHOSTNAME, but I would seriously recommend putting something between your ISP and your wkstn, like a router firewall that would negotiate the connection for you. How are you connecting, is it a DSL/PPPoE connection? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it. -- Stanley Kubrick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
On Friday 31 Oct 2003 H:45 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 11:28:47 + Poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: Perhaps I didn't make myself clear, instead of the login screen saying Welcome to localhost as normal and a terminal prompt showing [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ it shows as Welcome to public1-derb2-... and [EMAIL PROTECTED] which are coming from my ISP. All I want is for the normal localhost to be displayed at boot and in terminals. Well, I see in there you've got: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes NEEDHOSTNAME=no could it be that your ISP's DHCP server is setting your hostname?! I've never heard of that before, but they might be running some kind of WINS/Netbios proto that is changing your hostname. I don't know enough about that network-scripts setup to advise what to change, except maybe try putting yes for NEEDHOSTNAME, but I would seriously recommend putting something between your ISP and your wkstn, like a router firewall that would negotiate the connection for you. How are you connecting, is it a DSL/PPPoE connection? NIC - Cable company's set top box, it works O.K in 9.1 so I must have setup something differently in 9.2, damned if I can see it though. -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:26:47 + Poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: NIC - Cable company's set top box, it works O.K in 9.1 so I must have setup something differently in 9.2, damned if I can see it though. There seems to be a pattern I'm seeing here with 9.2... One person had some probs with their prompt similar to yours, but that was solved by editing the ~/.bashrc: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/ Then there's the problem with output from df being abnormally verbose, not just outputting partition/usage, but hostname/partition/useage. I wonder if something was changed in 9.2 to do with either the global /etc/bashrc config or network settings... Anyone have any thoughts on this? -- HaywireMac ++ ICQ # 279518458 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Facts are the enemy of truth. -- Don Quixote Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2 (SOLVED)
On Friday 31 Oct 2003 H:36 pm, HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:26:47 + Poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: NIC - Cable company's set top box, it works O.K in 9.1 so I must have setup something differently in 9.2, damned if I can see it though. There seems to be a pattern I'm seeing here with 9.2... One person had some probs with their prompt similar to yours, but that was solved by editing the ~/.bashrc: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/ Then there's the problem with output from df being abnormally verbose, not just outputting partition/usage, but hostname/partition/useage. I wonder if something was changed in 9.2 to do with either the global /etc/bashrc config or network settings... Anyone have any thoughts on this? Using DrakConnect from MCC, I noticed an option in expert mode that said enable network hotplugging having no idea what it did, I checked it and with all dhcp name options set to localhost in drakconnect it works. Now lets see if it survives a few reboots. -- http://www.poogle.co.uk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
I was the intiator of the previous thread a few days ago. I discovered that 9.2 didn't install a .bashrc file into the /home/[user] directory on my box. Sounds like it didn't on yours either. Just copy it over from the /root directory and (as root) change the user's copy's ownership. From there you can edit it as described. If you leave it unedited, the bash prompt wil be [EMAIL PROTECTED] directory]$ Paul On Friday 31 October 2003 09:36 am, HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 14:26:47 + Poogle [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: NIC - Cable company's set top box, it works O.K in 9.1 so I must have setup something differently in 9.2, damned if I can see it though. There seems to be a pattern I'm seeing here with 9.2... One person had some probs with their prompt similar to yours, but that was solved by editing the ~/.bashrc: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/ Then there's the problem with output from df being abnormally verbose, not just outputting partition/usage, but hostname/partition/useage. I wonder if something was changed in 9.2 to do with either the global /etc/bashrc config or network settings... Anyone have any thoughts on this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname in 9.2
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:02:07 - I can't make my hostname stick at localhost, my IP is dynamic. I've edited various files (see below) and thought I'd solved it but then I rebooted and it changed back to public1-derb2-3- The edited files :- I ran the network setup wizard in expert mode and unchecked set host name from DHCP address (or something worded like that don't remember exactly) and it doesn't do it anymore. try that. Jerry. -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hostname in 9.2
I can't make my hostname stick at localhost, my IP is dynamic. I've edited various files (see below) and thought I'd solved it but then I rebooted and it changed back to public1-derb2-3- The edited files :- /etc/sysconfig/ network HOSTNAME=localhost NETWORKING=yes /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes NEEDHOSTNAME=no and etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
