/etc/hosts

[axelsvag]

I got mythbuntu 8.04 on an amd 64 bit.

After the last update I had to reboot to make the changes take effect. Aftera while in the boot process a message came up suggesting that somethins is wrong . It said something about that my /etc/hosts that was not alright. "could not find internetadress for myusername-mythtv it is possble that.... "I had two alternatives 1. keep going 2. keep going. Yes the same text in both alternatives. If I tried the one to the right nothing happened and when I tried the one at the left everything went on fine and mythtv starts.

There is one suggestion in the text the I should add myusername-mythtv in a file called /etc/hosts.

When I look in that file I can find myusernam-mythtv with an adress like 127.0.1.1. What can I do to make the machine boot normally again

[ian dobson]

Hi,

What does your hosts file look like exactly.

Heres mine:-


127.0.0.1 localhost alpha2
127.0.1.1 alpha2.planet-ian.com alpha2
192.168.0.1 planet-ian.com alpha2
192.168.0.2 planet-ian.com alpha2
192.168.0.3 myth-frontend.planet-ian.com myth-frontend
192.168.0.55 avr-router.planet-ian.com avr-router
192.168.0.5 portable.planet-ian.com portable
192.168.0.6 blue-water.planet-ian.com blue-water
192.168.0.7 blue-water2.planet-ian.com blue-water2
192.168.0.254 router.planet-ian.com router

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts


The format of the hosts file is:-
"IP Address" "Full Host Name" "Short Name"

Note alpha2 is my main server and it have 2 seperate IP addresses.

Regards
Ian Dobson

[axelsvag]

This is my /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 myusername-mythtv.Arbetsgrupp

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts




and this is my /etc/resolv.conf

### BEGIN INFO
#
# Modified_by: NetworkManager
# Process: /usr/bin/NetworkManager
# Process_id: 5258
#
### END INFO



nameserver 192.168.0.1

[ian dobson]

Hi,

Try adding your host name as ip 127.0.0.1 to hosts, something like:-

127.0.0.1 myusername-mythtv.Arbetsgrupp ServerName

Regards
Ian Dobson

[axelsvag]

OK But what server name should I use. Has it something to do with the mythbuntu computer or the router. Where did your server name come from.

[axelsvag]

Could there be any log file that show what went wrong during startup?

[ian dobson]

Hi,

If you go to the terminal and type hostname you'll see the name of your system

Regards
Ian Dobson

[axelsvag]

Ok I found it. And now I put it in the etc/hosts after "username-mythtv.Arbetsgrupp" and reboot or??

[ian dobson]

YES, that should do it.

Regards
Ian Dobson

[axelsvag]

OK I will try that after my wife allow me to reboot.