Sys Log Error Message

[Quarkrad]

Running 14.04 64bit. The past week I keep getting error messages on my Desktop after boot - I have the choice the Cancel or Report. Not being sure how to find out what is causing these I have had a look in syslog(/ver/log) - again not sure what to look for but I have a lot of these messages logged daily: Jun 11 17:57:54 dadubuntu kernel: [11058.451067] systemd-hostnamed[16063]: Warning: nss-myhostname is not installed. Changing the local hostname might make it unresolveable. Please install nss-myhostname! Should I do something about this install or can it be ignored?

[westie457]

From personal experience I installed 'nss-myhostname' a couple of months ago when Chromium Browser was not loading any pages. The message at the bottom of the screen was 'Resolving Host...'.
It worked for a while then something happened (can't remember exactly) then Chromium started the behaviour as before. Plugging a cable in stopped the issue. Reinstalled the wireless drivers - in my case BCMWL (somehow got corrupted), shortly after that had to reset the router. Everything worked as normal.
Now I am on a fresh installation running w/out 'nss-myhostname' with no issues.
In syslog I get a similar warning to what you have and have come to the conclusion this can be ignored until the 'host file' is corrupted, then it becomes important.

Edit
The full name of the package is libnss-myhostname

[abelattila83]

You can remove the "reporting software" with the following:

apt-get remove --purge apport apport-gtk



Best regards,
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[Quarkrad]

I'm happy to do this (purge apport) but as a newbie I'm not sure what is causing this error window to pop up (actually at boot I have two of these windows). I chose syslog(/ver/log) for no particular reason - there are many logs, is there a way to find out what specifically is causing these errors/windows to pop up? If it is serious/I have to do something then purging them could be covering up something that needs to be addressed.

[cariboo]

If you click the report button, it will tell you what the problem is. I'm running wily, and get the message every time I reboot. You can also check /var/crash to see what is causing the message. This is the contents of that directory on my laptop:

:/var/crash$ ls -l
total 63664
-rw-r----- 1 cariboo whoopsie 53288849 Jun 7 21:04 _usr_bin_gnome-shell.1000.crash
-rw-r----- 1 root whoopsie 1071236 Jun 5 22:58 _usr_bin_nautilus.0.crash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root whoopsie 0 Jun 5 23:02 _usr_bin_nautilus.0.upload
-rw------- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 0 Jun 5 23:02 _usr_bin_nautilus.0.uploaded
-rw-r----- 1 cariboo whoopsie 10829442 Jun 12 19:38 _usr_bin_nautilus.1000.crash
-rw-rw-r-- 1 cariboo whoopsie 0 Jun 12 19:38 _usr_bin_nautilus.1000.upload
-rw------- 1 whoopsie whoopsie 0 Jun 12 19:38 _usr_bin_nautilus.1000.uploaded

[tgalati4]

Run memtest for an hour to make sure your RAM is OK. Something is causing an issue. Next check the SMART parameters on your hard drive.

[Quarkrad]

I ran the tests and all is OK - I expected this as this is a new machine (only a few weeks old). I also ran the commands and I did seem to have an issue with Virtualbox not shutting down properly as well as the Software Centre. However, the problem has been resolved. I knew one of my HDs was very full so I balanced my storage folders over two HDs (I have a third larger HD that I use for back up). Since balancing and having more free space on one of the HDs (the HD contained the OS as well) I have no more reported errors. Many thanks for your help.