Re: Hostname v buster
On Saturday 29 June 2019 13:08:39 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 29 June 2019 09:25:23 John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > > On Jun 29, 2019, at 3:37 AM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > That conversion insists the hostname is realtimepi. In stretch I
> > > could fix it to the name I'm used to by setting hostname, then
> > > sudo chattr +i hostname, and it would stick over a reboot, but not
> > > in buster, despite the immutable bit being set, its been reset to
> > > realtimepi after a reboot, this despite an lsattr still showing
> > > the i bit is still set!
> >
> > Try hostnamectl:
> >
> > # sudo hostnamectl set-hostname HOSTNAME
> >
> > where HOSTNAME is your new hostname.
> >
> > Adrian
>
> That worked, many thanks
>
> but the 2nd question re the avahi BS is still screwing me up.
> Outside dns lookup is working fine, and according to /etc/resolv.conf:
>
> nameserver 192.168.71.1
> search hosts nameserver
>
> So a ping yahoo (or any site out of my local network)
> root@picnc:/etc# ping yahoo.com
> PING yahoo.com (98.138.219.231) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> resolves yahoo correctly, but
>
> From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=1 Destination Host
> Unreachable
> From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=2 Destination Host
> Unreachable
> From 169.254.163.253 (169.254.163.253) icmp_seq=3 Destination Host
> Unreachable
>
> I can't find a trace of those addresses anyplace in /etc so how do I
> get rid of them forever?
>
> apt purge avahi-* gives:
> [...]
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> avahi-daemon* libnss-mdns*
>
> Is this safe on a staticly defined network?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
moot point on this u-sd card, made by realtimpi it does not contain a
realtime kernel. So I find in a pile of 64GB cards, a stretch full using
4.14.something-rt-v7 and do some net snooping. And thats because
downloads.raspberrypi.org does not have a buster available yet. Another
day wasted.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
Reply to: