I’m running openSUSE 11.4 32-bit with the gnome desktop.
I’m getting the below error message with a few applications, ie, Gamestore, either
Yast or Software Install/Remove, and something else I can’t remember:
_IceTransSocketUNIXConnect: Cannot connect to non-local host linux-9ffh
_IceTransSocketUNIXConnect: Cannot connect to non-local host linux-9ffh
Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
What is the significance of the error message and can I fix it?
On 11/05/2011 03:43 AM, rderosier wrote:
>
> I’m running openSUSE 11.4 32-bit with the gnome desktop.
>
> I’m getting the below error message with a few applications, ie,
> Gamestore, either
> Yast or Software Install/Remove, and something else I can’t remember:
>
> _IceTransSocketUNIXConnect: Cannot connect to non-local host
> linux-9ffh
> _IceTransSocketUNIXConnect: Cannot connect to non-local host
> linux-9ffh
> Qt: Session management error: Could not open network socket
>
> What is the significance of the error message and can I fix it?
>
>
i do not think i can solve this for you, but i think whoever can will
need more info to know where to begin:
-what version of gnome?
-have you installed software from Thunderbird or Factory repos?
-the application(s) giving this error, are their executables on a hard
drive on the machine you are trying to execute from? (or, on a distant
machine accessible via a network? via what protocol? or on a USB disk?
or running in a VM? which VM? what host?)
-do the application(s) throw the error and then what? (app runs
normally? app runs, but start up is very slow? the app never appears?)
-where do you see these errors? (in a gnome pop-up? in a log file? which
log?)
-has this error been happening ever since 11.4 was installed, or did
just begin one day? (if it just started: what changed?)
-have changed your hostname or any other networking settings not long
before these symptoms first appeared? (what was you old hostname?)
-what is the output of the following command executed from the command
line?
hostname
–
DD
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
>-what version of gnome?
2-32-1
>-have you installed software from Thunderbird or Factory repos?
I’ve only added the following repos:
packman
nVidia Graphic Drivers
openSUSE BuildService - Games
>-the application(s) giving this error, are their executables on a hard
>drive on the machine you are trying to execute from? (or, on a distant
>machine accessible via a network? via what protocol? or on a USB disk?
>or running in a VM? which VM? what host?)
My entire Linux setup is on an internal 320GB drive.
>-do the application(s) throw the error and then what? (app runs
>normally? app runs, but start up is very slow? the app never appears?)
Yast, Install/Remove Software, and Gamestore all run fine (as far as I can tell).
>-where do you see these errors? (in a gnome pop-up? in a log file? which
>log?)
Yast and Install/Remove Software finish and then a gnome pop-up appears with
the first two lines of the error message.
Gamestore immediately displays all three lines of the error message in the
gnome-terminal in which it is invoked and then runs fine.
>-has this error been happening ever since 11.4 was installed, or did
>just begin one day? (if it just started: what changed?)
I’ve installed 11.4 several times (for various reasons). When done by itself,
I do not recall seeing this error. Only after adding the packman repo do I
recall this error occurring when running Yast and Install/Remove Software.
I’ve only started using Gamestore recently.
>-have changed your hostname or any other networking settings not long
>before these symptoms first appeared? (what was you old hostname?)
No.
>-what is the output of the following command executed from the command
>line?
hostname
ip68-229-32-183
On 11/05/2011 09:26 PM, rderosier wrote:
> hostname
> ip68-229-32-183
>
woops…that looks strange to me…i would have expected (based on your
post) an output more like: linux-9ffh.site
sorry, i don’t know if that is connected to this problem or
not–hopefully a NETWORK GURU will see this and throw in some good
info…let me suggest you do two things (for the hoped soon to arrive
real guru):
include networking info like: whether you using network manager or
something else, more details on how connected to net (wireless, wired,
dialup modem, broadband, etc)…and, other networking stuff will be in
the following:
please show us the terminal input/output from
zypper lr -d
ip addr
ip route
cat /etc/resolv.conf
/sbin/ifconfig -a
netstat -rn
grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
cat /etc/host.conf
copy and paste the input/output back to this thread using the
instructions here: http://goo.gl/i3wnr
–
DD
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
On 2011-11-06 08:08, DenverD wrote:
> On 11/05/2011 09:26 PM, rderosier wrote:
>> hostname
>> ip68-229-32-183
>>
>
> woops…that looks strange to me…i would have expected (based on your
> post) an output more like: linux-9ffh.site
Wild guess: dhcp changed it. It may be his IP. But part of the system think
it is linux-9ffh.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
> 1. include networking info like: whether you using network manager or
> something else, more details on how connected to net (wireless, wired,
> dialup modem, broadband, etc)…and, other networking stuff will be in
> the following:
I’m on a home computer using ethernet and a cable modem.
> 2. please show us the terminal input/output from
zypper lr -d
# | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
---+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+---------+---------+----------+--------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------
1 | Packman-Essentials | Packman-Essentials | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/Essentials |
2 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
3 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse | nVidia Graphics Drivers | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/ |
4 | download.opensuse.org-games | openSUSE BuildService - Games | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/ |
5 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-112D,/dev/sr0 |
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
8 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
9 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
10 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host lo
inet 127.0.0.2/8 brd 127.255.255.255 scope host secondary lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 00:1d:4f:4a:62:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 68.229.32.183/24 brd 68.229.32.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::21d:4fff:fe4a:6294/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN qlen 1000
link/ether 00:1d:4f:4a:62:95 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ip route
68.229.32.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 68.229.32.183
169.254.0.0/16 dev eth0 scope link
127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link
default via 68.229.32.1 dev eth0
cat /etc/resolv.conf
### /etc/resolv.conf file autogenerated by netconfig!
#
# Before you change this file manually, consider to define the
# static DNS configuration using the following variables in the
# /etc/sysconfig/network/config file:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SEARCHLIST
# NETCONFIG_DNS_STATIC_SERVERS
# NETCONFIG_DNS_FORWARDER
# or disable DNS configuration updates via netconfig by setting:
# NETCONFIG_DNS_POLICY=''
#
# See also the netconfig(8) manual page and other documentation.
#
# Note: Manual change of this file disables netconfig too, but
# may get lost when this file contains comments or empty lines
# only, the netconfig settings are same with settings in this
# file and in case of a "netconfig update -f" call.
#
### Please remove (at least) this line when you modify the file!
search lv.cox.net
nameserver 68.105.28.12
nameserver 68.105.29.12
nameserver 68.105.28.11
/sbin/ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:4F:4A:62:94
inet addr:68.229.32.183 Bcast:68.229.32.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:4fff:fe4a:6294/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5683 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:772 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:832591 (813.0 Kb) TX bytes:148627 (145.1 Kb)
Interrupt:18 Memory:93c20000-93c40000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:4F:4A:62:95
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:19 Memory:93c00000-93c20000
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:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:28 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:4914 (4.7 Kb) TX bytes:4914 (4.7 Kb)
netstat -rn
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
68.229.32.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 68.229.32.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
grep hosts /etc/nsswitch.conf
hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
cat /etc/host.conf
#
# /etc/host.conf - resolver configuration file
#
# Please read the manual page host.conf(5) for more information.
#
#
# The following option is only used by binaries linked against
# libc4 or libc5. This line should be in sync with the "hosts"
# option in /etc/nsswitch.conf.
#
order hosts, bind
#
# The following options are used by the resolver library:
#
multi on
On 11/07/2011 10:26 AM, rderosier wrote:
zypper lr -d
| Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI
| Service
—±---------------------------------±---------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
1 | Packman-Essentials | Packman-Essentials
| Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |
http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/Essentials |
2 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Updates for openSUSE 11.4
11.4-0 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |
http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
3 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse | nVidia Graphics Drivers
| Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |
ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/ |
4 | download.opensuse.org-games | openSUSE BuildService - Games
| Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md |
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/ |
5 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0
| Yes | No | 99 | yast2 |
cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-112D,/dev/sr0 |
6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug
| No | Yes | 99 | NONE |
http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
7 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug
| No | Yes | 99 | NONE |
http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
8 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss
| Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 |
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
9 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss
| Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 |
http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
10 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source
| No | Yes | 99 | NONE |
http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
ok, let me suggest you try this and see if might solve your error
messages…i might not, but do not believe it will cause any
harm…but, since it might, i ask you to read the caveat in my sig, then:
working from having read and understood the paragraph beginning with
“IMPORTANT!” in the posting at http://tinyurl.com/33qc9vu (and, i might
note that there are other important paragraphs in that posting, that
thread and that made to be helpful forum)…paragraph boils down to
unless you have good reason to do otherwise, until you can fix all your
own problems 
it is best to keep only four enabled repos (oss,
non-oss, update and packman)…
so i suggest from the list above you disable and stop refreshing of the
following:
you can, of course add them back in if a game comes to your attention,
or if you hear that is a new nvidia driver you wanna try after taking
all steps necessary to back level to your present driver…
and, stop refreshing (and leave disabled) these:
and, disable and leave not refreshing:
and, stop these from refreshing (since they are static, they will never
change and refreshing just kills time and cpu cycles needlessly:
and, delete this one:
Packman Repository http://packman.inode.at/suse/openSUSE_11.4/
you should end up with four repos enabled (oss, non-oss, update and
packman [NOT Update-Debug nor Packman-Essentials], and only two
refreshing, packman and update…
then, with those set ‘correctly’ for a nice stable system, use zypper to
clean out whatever might have come in to cause the errors you are
seeing…in a terminal issue these commands, one at a time and wait
for each to complete
su - <don't overlook the "-" and give root's pass when asked
zypper clean -a
zypper ref
zypper dup
if any of those gives an error, copy paste it back to here (there should
be none, and i wouldn’t expect any)
if they run without error then do the following to move back to the
normal user:
exit
and, then close all your open applications and log out…(you don’t have
to completely shutdown or reboot, but you may if you wish)…all you
need to do is just right click the desktop and select ‘Leave’ (well,
that works for KDE, i don’t know about gnome) then in the next popup
select “End Session” or (similar in gnome)…
then log back in and do whatever you wanna do and see if those errors
are gone…(hope so)…
if not we really need a network guru to stand up…
so, let us know how it goes!!
–
DD
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
On 2011-11-07 10:26, rderosier wrote:
>
> I’m on a home computer using ethernet and a cable modem.
I thought so.
>> 2. please show us the terminal input/output from
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> zypper lr -d
> # | Alias | Name | Enabled | Refresh | Priority | Type | URI | Service
> —±---------------------------------±---------------------------------±--------±--------±---------±-------±------------------------------------------------------------------------±-------
> 1 | Packman-Essentials | Packman-Essentials | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/openSUSE_11.4/Essentials |
This is fine, IMO.
> 2 | Updates-for-openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Updates for openSUSE 11.4 11.4-0 | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/update/11.4/ |
> 3 | download.nvidia.com-opensuse | nVidia Graphics Drivers | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | ftp://download.nvidia.com/opensuse/11.4/ |
> 4 | download.opensuse.org-games | openSUSE BuildService - Games | Yes | Yes | 99 | rpm-md | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_11.4/ |
> 5 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | openSUSE-11.4-11.4-0 | Yes | No | 99 | yast2 | cd:///?devices=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-112D,/dev/sr0 |
Doesn’t matter.
> 6 | repo-debug | openSUSE-11.4-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
Do not refresh, or remove altogether.
> 7 | repo-debug-update | openSUSE-11.4-Update-Debug | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/debug/update/11.4/ |
Same
> 8 | repo-non-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Non-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/non-oss/ |
> 9 | repo-oss | openSUSE-11.4-Oss | Yes | Yes | 99 | yast2 | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
Ok. Refresh or not doesn’t matter, the system is clever to know there are
no modifications and doesn’t download the metadata again. Setting to not
refresh doesn’t do harm, but I don’t bother.
> 10 | repo-source | openSUSE-11.4-Source | No | Yes | 99 | NONE | http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/11.4/repo/oss/ |
Do not refresh, or remove altogether.
IMO, your repo list is not the source of your problem.
> ip addr
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
> link/ether 00:1d:4f:4a:62:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> inet 68.229.32.183/24 brd 68.229.32.255 scope global eth0
Compare that IP with your hostname, it matches. You should have changed
that name and numbers before posting it here. Probably doesn’t matter, but
privacy is a good thing.
I still think the problem is what I said yesterday.
There is a setting in Yast network setting, when using dhcpd or automatic
IP, to pick the name of the machine from the dhcp server and change the
hostname. For some reason, this is not happening fully, and part of the
configuration somewhere still has the old name. Thus the error:
> Cannot connect to non-local host linux-9ffh
One idea would be to change that tick box in yast, another to redefine your
hostmane to what your ISP thinks it is. I don’t like that, though. A double
entry in the hosts file would be fine, IMO.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On 11/07/2011 01:38 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> IMO, your repo list is not the source of your problem.
>
> I still think the problem is what I said yesterday.
@rderosier, listen to him, follow his advice…(he is one of the
networking gurus i was hoping would step in and save the day!!)
[imo, you should still change the repos, but probably no need to run the
zypper commands]
–
DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
[QUOTE=robin_listas;2401253]
> ip addr
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
> link/ether 00:1d:4f:4a:62:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> inet 68.229.32.183/24 brd 68.229.32.255 scope global eth0
Compare that IP with your hostname, it matches. You should have changed
that name and numbers before posting it here. Probably doesn’t matter, but
privacy is a good thing.
When I saw DenverD’s request for the output of hostname, my thought initially was not to do it
because of privacy concerns. But, since I don’t know much about what anybody is talking about
in this thread, I thought it might mean something, so I posted it.
I still think the problem is what I said yesterday.
There is a setting in Yast network setting, when using dhcpd or automatic
IP, to pick the name of the machine from the dhcp server and change the
hostname. For some reason, this is not happening fully, and part of the
configuration somewhere still has the old name. Thus the error:
> Cannot connect to non-local host linux-9ffh
I have no idea what the above means. Can I check something for you?
I’m not sure why Yast is wanting to change my hostname.
One idea would be to change that tick box in yast, another to redefine your
hostmane to what your ISP thinks it is. I don’t like that, though. A double
entry in the hosts file would be fine, IMO.
Sorry, the above paragraph means nothing to me. What do you mean by
“change that tick box in yast”?
Since you mentioned the hosts file, I looked at /etc/hosts and I do find this as the last line (for what it’s worth):
127.0.0.2 linux-9ffh.site linux-9ffh
Any concerns?
So, since DenverD asked me to do one thing and now you say most of what he wanted me to do is really
not necessary, I’m not sure what to do. Keep in mind, I’m an end user and not a systems person, so I will
do nothing at this point and wait for specific things to do from you (and be specific as to how to do what
you suggest, because I probably won’t know how to do it unless you guide me). Also, I’m not against
experimenting, i.e., reinstalling 11.4 and incrementally testing things along the way, if you think that could
help. I’m so new to Linux that I have basically nothing in my home account to lose, so that’s not a problem.
(If I do go the reinstall route, I will keep DenverD’s suggestions in mind at that time!)
Thanks
Ron
EDIT: I’m getting so frustrated with the quoting mechanism, since nothing seems to work the way I expect
them to! I said reply with quotes and nothing happened, as you can see above my EDIT line. How are you
guys quoting my responses with blue > indentations, and I’m not able to? That’s why you see me manually
inserting > before my copy/pastes of some of your responses. You guys taught me the CODE thing, now
how about quoting peoples responses?
Ron
On 2011-11-08 00:06, rderosier wrote:
>
> robin_listas;2401253 Wrote:
>>
>> Compare that IP with your hostname, it matches. You should have changed
>> that name and numbers before posting it here. Probably doesn’t matter,
>> but privacy is a good thing.
>>
>> When I saw DenverD’s request for the output of hostname, my thought initially was not to do it
>> because of privacy concerns. But, since I don’t know much about what anybody is talking about
>> in this thread, I thought it might mean something, so I posted it.
Normally, our hostname doesn’t break any privacy, it is invented. Mine is
Elessar. Yours is a real name. In those cases we change it, and warn others
that the name is changed for privacy. This is customary forums/mail lists
practice.
For example, we say: My IP is 100.X.y.z - or 100...* and that is Ok.
>> I have no idea what the above means. Can I check something for you?
>> I’m not sure why Yast is wanting to change my hostname.
Because you told yast so.
>> One idea would be to change that tick box in yast, another to redefine your
>> hostmane to what your ISP thinks it is. I don’t like that, though. A double
>> entry in the hosts file would be fine, IMO.
>>
>> Sorry, the above paragraph means nothing to me. What do you mean by
>> “change that tick box in yast”?
Open up YaST, network settings. When you choose “dynamic address” using
DHCPD, the name is automatically choosen by your ISP. That tickbox is
hiding, I can’t find it today. …] Tried again and found it:
Network setting module. Hostname tab. Make sure the click box “change
hosstname via dhcp” is not ticked. Exit with OK. Restart network.
The other method, manual, don’t do it. It would be as follows:
Edit the file /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0. Search for the line:
DHCLIENT_SET_HOSTNAME=
and set it to “no”. If it doesn’t exist, add it. Then, restart the network
(rcnetwork restart). See what happens.
>> Keep in mind, I’m an end user
>> and not a systems person, so I will
We are all end users.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
> Because you told yast so.
Let’s be clear here, I never specifically told Yast to do this, since I wouldn’t even know how to.
Yast did this by default (which now makes me wonder why, since in my case it should not be
done and I will have to remember this).
> Open up YaST, network settings. When you choose “dynamic address” using
> DHCPD, the name is automatically choosen by your ISP. That tickbox is
> hiding, I can’t find it today. …] Tried again and found it:
> Network setting module. Hostname tab. Make sure the click box “change
> hosstname via dhcp” is not ticked. Exit with OK. Restart network.
I did this, and I no longer see the error message.
Thanks
Ron
On 11/08/2011 12:06 AM, rderosier wrote:
>
> When I saw DenverD’s request for the output of hostname, my thought
> initially was not to do it
> because of privacy concerns. But, since I don’t know much about what
> anybody is talking about
> in this thread, I thought it might mean something, so I posted it.
of course, i didn’t know your system was set up to give a real “name” (a
live ip) rather than what i expected “linux-9ffh” or i would have
cautioned to obfuscate…
> So, since DenverD asked me to do one thing and now you say most of what
> he wanted me to do is really
> not necessary, I’m not sure what to do.
sorry for the confusion…actually both Carlos and i are just trying to
help…let me repeat what i wrote on the 7th (above):
@rderosier, listen to him [Carlos], follow his advice…(he is one of
the networking gurus i was hoping would step in and save the day!!)
[imo, you should still change the repos, but probably no need to run the
zypper commands]
and here is some general info you couldn’t know before: if i say one
thing and Carlos says another–follow Carlos!! (i do…as well as
several others here who are far advanced compared to me…)
–
DD
http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
On 2011-11-08 09:09, DenverD wrote:
> [quote]
> @rderosier, listen to him [Carlos], follow his advice…(he is one of the
> networking gurus i was hoping would step in and save the day!!)
I’m going to flush 
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)
On 2011-11-08 03:36, rderosier wrote:
>
>> Because you told yast so.
>
> Let’s be clear here, I never specifically told Yast to do this, since I wouldn’t even know how to.
> Yast did this by default (which now makes me wonder why, since in my case it should not be
> done and I will have to remember this).
Nevertheless, you did >:-)
You have to look carefully at whatever YaST says it is going to do, even
the default options. Some might not be correct for you. You are the
administrator of your machine and responsible for it >:-)
> I did this, and I no longer see the error message.
Good, I’m happy. It is the first time I see this with an ISP.
–
Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)