Re: Changing Hostname?
On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:
> Jon N wrote:
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>
>> Not empty, but if it contains illegal characters it won't make any
>> difference. I didn't find any error messages that would clue me in to
>> the problem (like: "Warning, you have illegal characters in your
>> hostname" :-)). I did notice on one boot an error message that
>> 'hostname.sh' (in /etc/init.d) had failed, but I searched all my log
>> files and could not find any reference to it at all. I guess not
>> everything you see on screen during boot makes it into one of the log
>> files.
>
> This just came up again in another message. The new getty upstream
> now clears the screen. And by default boot time messages are not
> logged. What a killing combination!
>
> Install the bootlogd package so that boot time messages are logged.
>
> # apt-get install bootlogd
Great idea! I just installed it. I know there have been other times
I caught something flashing by during boot I tried to find in a log
afterwards without luck. This should help a lot.
Thanks,
Jon
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