-----Original Message----- From: Cole Robinson [mailto:crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:07 AM To: Fedora/Linux Management Tools Cc: Rodrique Heron Subject: Re: virsh failed to get local hostname Rodrique Heron wrote: > On my fresh install of Fedora 11, I am trying to connect to a running guest console with virsh. When I execute virsh console I get the error below. > > [root@N1-I-FKVM-01 ~]# virsh list > Id Name State > ---------------------------------- > 3 N1ISPWALK01 running > > [root@N1-I-FKVM-01 ~]# virsh console 3 > error: Failed to get local hostname > > I figured this may be because my /etc/hosts did not have an entry for the host. I modified /etc/hosts, and reboot the server, but I'm still getting the error. > > Any hints? > You probably want to set HOSTNAME in /etc/sysconfig/network . You can then reboot the machine, or use the command: 'hostname <desired.host.name>' - Cole I have /etc/sysconfig/network configured already. [root@N1-I-FKVM-01 ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=N1-I-FKVM-01 Thanks _______________________________________________ et-mgmt-tools mailing list et-mgmt-tools@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/et-mgmt-tools
