what is <MyHostname>

[Dale]

your hostname for the computer is what ever you gave it on your first
install, unless you have change it since to something else then it'll
be that.

On Dec 26, 2007 1:18 PM, Garry Trethewey <garrytreth at bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> the short version of this question is
> what is <MyHostname>
> as in
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost <MyHostname>
>
>
> The longer version of my question is
> since telstra killed all the phones in the area, I have no internet
> connection. I also have incredibly slow program starts. Booting - 15
> seconds at "starting log file"  line and 20 secs at the "starting cups"
> line, and loading of all programs in both fiesty and grumpy taking 30
> secs, but running at normal speed when loaded. I'd originally thought
> I'd got a buggy update for both, which would be fixed in a week, but
> no-one else seemed to have the same prob, until I found a forum
> describing my problem - slow loading of all programs, normal speed once
> loaded, no internet.
>
>
> a forum responder said
> .....If it depends on an internet connection, it sounds scary. Are you
> sure your loopback connections are fine?
>
> for me,
> garry at bert-gutsy:~$ ifconfig lo
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>            inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>            inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>            UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>            RX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>            TX packets:71 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>            RX bytes:6738 (6.5 KB)  TX bytes:6738 (6.5 KB)
> looks like a prob to me, even if I don't know what it means.
>
> someone else said
> I solved my problem  by adding my hostname to /etc/hosts like so
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost <MyHostname>
>
> so, what's <MyHostname>      garry, bert-gutsy, bert-gutsy.mshome or
> something else
>
> If I do that, will I be making a timebomb that will give me problems
> later, or is it a good thing to do?
> ps, phone's back now, but I'll need this next time it rains.
> ------------------------------------
> Garry Trethewey
> I heard it's hard to transmit a virus in semaphore,
> but moving there didn't help.
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