Re: starting X hangs on network timeout (hosts file ignored)
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:58:40 +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
>
> BTW I got the following reply after I tried reporting a bug on netbase
> on this:
>
> [...] this is how it's supposed to work. host(1) is an
> interface to the resolver library, which does not use /etc/hosts by design.
>
> The problem is that it seems that a few other things seem to be
> ignoring the /etc/hosts file also.
>
what package are you getting host from, I dont have it on my system. whats
in your /etc/resolv.conf, mine has
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nameserver 192.168.1.1
I think you should have nameserver 127.0.0.1 in there before any remote
binds, I dont, but then, I dont have a problem ;-) I think If you have
127.0.0.1 in there as the first nameserver it will check the local one
first (/etc/hosts)
apart from that what happens if you run startx without gdm running?
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