On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 09:18 +0200, antonio montagnani wrote: > Computer has the name MAXDATA but if I issue > $ host maxdata > > I get > > Host maxdata not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > while if I issue host localhost > I get immediately > localhost has address 127.0.0.1 I would have expected starting X to be a problem, too, if you were having hostname resolution issues. Things that do reverse lookups, as well, might take even more time than things that don't. Do you have a local DNS server that resolves names? If so, maxdata should be an entry in the local zone records. If you're not using one, you can put an entry for maxdata in the /etc/hosts file. If the PC is on a LAN where other computers are networked, then apply it to the LAN address. e.g. Add a line like the following to the /etc/hosts file, changing the IP address to whatever it is: 192.168.1.1 maxdata Alternatively, if the machine is only ever used in a stand-alone fashion, you could tag the hostname onto the *end* of the localhost line in the /etc/hosts file. e.g. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost maxdata -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
