On 1/21/24 14:58, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 02:26:42PM -0500, gene heskett wrote:Every time it was ran and asked for file:// or http:// localhost:80 you wind up looking at google seatch failure screen saying there is no such thing as localhost.$ host localhost $ grep localhost /etc/hosts $ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf Chrome doesn't treat "localhost" specially. It just looks it up like any other hostname. If your local definition of "localhost" is screwed up, then you will get screwed-up results. I'm pretty certain this was what we concluded last time you brought this up -- that your /etc/hosts file had an incorrect or missing entry for localhost. Here's what it should look like: unicorn:~$ host localhost localhost has address 127.0.0.1 unicorn:~$ grep localhost /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback unicorn:~$ grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns .
Every /etc/hosts file is the same here, and all contain 127.0.0.1 localhost without a alias. one of the armbians that does not work with chromium: gene@bpi52:~$ cat /etc/nsswitch.conf # /etc/nsswitch.conf # # Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality. # If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try: # `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file. passwd: files group: files shadow: files gshadow: files hosts: files mymachines dns myhostname networks: files protocols: db files services: db files ethers: db files rpc: db files netgroup: nis That's as installed, but hosts: line looks skunky to me. what do mymachines and myhostname actually translate to? 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, 1940) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis