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    Hosts file and networking

    Hi
    Have just upgraded to Hardy Heron and trying to compile something but am getting the following error:

    ping: unknown host geko80

    When I am on geko80! Have checked my host file of which I include a copy here
    127.0.0.1 localhost

    # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
    fe00::0 ip6-localnet ip6-localnet
    ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ip6-mcastprefix
    ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ip6-allnodes
    ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ip6-allrouters
    ff02::3 ip6-allhosts ip6-allhosts
    192.168.1.80 geko80

    localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback

    Does any one know what I have done wrong?
    Thank you
    Adrian

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    Go to system-->administration-->network, and make sure your hostname is set in the 'general' tab.

    If that looks ok but isn't working for some reason, you can add your hostname manually. Just add this line:
    Code:
    127.0.1.1     gecko80
    Underneath the '127.0.0.1 localhost' line of your hosts file with a text editor.

    You may need to restart networking after doing this:
    Code:
    sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
    Added: Just saw the '192.168.1.80 geko80' line. I'd take this out. It's better to use the 127.0.1.1 form above for what you're doing because it will never need to change and will work even if the network is down.

    Still, I think what you had should have resolved, so you may have a different problem. If the above changes don't work, check your /etc/nsswitch.conf file, and make sure that 'files' is first on the list after 'hosts:' on the 'hosts:' line.
    Last edited by jetsam; April 28th, 2008 at 12:49 AM.

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    Well have seen some further problems, the main thing is not being able to use sudo so can not switch to root!, Kind of stops you from doing anything! have checked the network setings pop up and the general tab is OK but don't know what further to do?

    Has anyone got any other ideas?

    Adrian

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    Quote Originally Posted by madsurfer View Post
    Well have seen some further problems, the main thing is not being able to use sudo so can not switch to root!, Kind of stops you from doing anything! have checked the network setings pop up and the general tab is OK but don't know what further to do?

    Has anyone got any other ideas?

    Adrian
    Use the recovery mode option in the boot menu to get to a root shell. Then modify /etc/hosts as suggested.

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    I can't login as root anymore, sudo gives a message

    sudo: unable to resolve host geko80



    This is the same error that I had before! has anyone got any ideas of how to move forward with out reinstalling!

    Adrian

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    That error means that you aren't able to resolve gekco80, it doesn't mean that you can't do "sudo". If you were unable to do "sudo" you would get a different error saying that you don't have permissions or something like that.

    Have you tried just pinging as a regular user, not through "sudo"?

    Type "hostname" in a terminal and make sure that you are in fact gecko80. Also verify that you can ping 127.0.0.1 (no reason you shouldn't be able to).

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    A few people seem to be having similar problems.

    Interesting, a user in this thread reports gksudo working fine:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t=can%27t+sudo

    If that's true, it should work to open a terminal and try:
    Code:
    gksudo gedit /etc/hosts
    and then make the changes to your hosts file.

    There's a longer thread developing about this issue here:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t=can%27t+sudo

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    Re: Hosts file and networking

    Quote Originally Posted by madsurfer View Post
    I can't login as root anymore, sudo gives a message

    sudo: unable to resolve host geko80



    This is the same error that I had before! has anyone got any ideas of how to move forward with out reinstalling!

    Adrian
    Recovery mode from the console does not work for you? You can also try the gksu method. The former approach worked for me.

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