On 01-Oct-2003/04:41 -0500, TBrowder <tbrowder@xxxxxxx> wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@xxxxxxxxx> >> That way, when gdm tries to make a network connection to realhostname, it >> will resolve to 127.0.0.1 instead of querying the DNS. > >Can this situation happen even without any interface using DHCP? As far as I >know, it isn't being used. If the box has a static IP address, it should be specified in /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.1.2 realhostname.realdomain realhostname >But at least one of the problem hosts had a >remote X session going when the network was terminated. Might there be some >kind of secret lock or socket connection still being held? I don't know how that could cause a problem. The lockfile should be deleted when gdm starts. Tony -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@xxxxxxxxx%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
