[solved] This is (none) unknown_domain (Linux x86_64)

[pstickar]

Hi,

i'm not able to set the hostname. I can login and internet is reachable. During boot, syslog-ng gives the error message: "ERROR: syslog-ng needs (service(s): hostname".
If I type

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hostname laptop

I get a solution (there is a hostname at the next login), but I need to re-type that command after every reboot. I would prefer a more solid solution.

The context: this is an installation of Gentoo as a VirtualBox guest on windows, and

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#cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 laptop.tenaris laptop localhost

#cat /etc/conf.d/hostname
hostname="laptop"

#cat /etc/conf.d/net
dns_domain_lo="tenaris"
config_eth0="dhcp"

#rc-update show 
...
dhcpcd | default
hostname | default
net.eth0 | default
net.lo | boot
syslog-ng | default
...

Thanks in avance!

Kind regards,

[krinn]

I can't tell you when, i think going from baselayout1 to 2, but hostname is boot service for a long time.

[DONAHUE]

hostname should be in the boot runlevel
recommend deleting dns_domain_lo="tenaris" ; it causes an overwrite of resolv.conf.

[666threesixes666]

mkultra@mksrv [ ~ ]$ cat /etc/conf.d/hostname
# Set to the hostname of this machine
hostname="mksrv"

yeah hostname is boot.....

mkultra@mksrv [ ~ ]$ sudo rc-update | grep hostname
hostname | boot

the 1st part of this response is because traditional linux systems command is hostname to set the hostname, and it is not controlled by a /etc/conf.d/hostname file.

[pstickar]

Hi!

Thank you for the suggestions and the comments.

First I removed the hostname service from the default runlevel, then re-added it to the boot runlevel:

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rc-update del hostname
rc-update add hostname boot

Besides, I commented out the line
dns_domain_lo="tenaris"
in /etc/conf.d/net.

After the reboot, still no luck.

#rc-update show | grep hostname
hostname | boot

And something very strange to me:

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# rc-status boot

Runlevel: boot
 hwclock                                                           [  started  ]
 sysctl                                                            [  started  ]
 modules                                                           [  started  ]
 fsck                                                              [  started  ]
 root                                                              [  started  ]
 mtab                                                              [  started  ]
 swap                                                              [  started  ]
 localmount                                                        [  started  ]
 tmpfiles.setup                                                    [  started  ]
 bootmisc                                                          [  started  ]
 net.lo                                                            [  started  ]
 procfs                                                            [  started  ]
 termencoding                                                      [  started  ]
 swapfiles                                                         [  started  ]
 urandom                                                           [  started  ]
 keymaps                                                           [  started  ]

It looks like I'm not getting the hostname service in the boot runlevel.

According to the installation guidelines, I shouldn't do anything. Just give "hostname laptop" and then move on to "emerge gentoo-sources". I'm now suspecting that I misstyped something somewhere, and I'm not able to realize where.

As before, any help will be very appreciated.

Kind regards
p.

[DONAHUE]

here:

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rc-status boot

does not show hostname, just as yours does not, --must be a "feature"--

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rc-update show boot

does show hostname

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/etc/init.d/hostname start

produces

* WARNING: hostname has already been started

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/etc/init.d/hostname restart

produces

* WARNING: you are stopping a boot service
* Setting hostname to fx8150 ...

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 cat /etc/init.d/hostname

produces

#!/sbin/runscript
# Copyright (c) 2007-2009 Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
# Released under the 2-clause BSD license.

description="Sets the hostname of the machine."

depend() {
keyword -prefix -lxc
}

start()
{
hostname=${hostname-${HOSTNAME-localhost}}
ebegin "Setting hostname to $hostname"
hostname "$hostname"
eend $? "Failed to set the hostname"
}

suggesting you should either see an error message or Setting hostname to laptop on the screen

[pstickar]

Donahue, your answer lead me to the solution. It seems to be that I misstakenly overwrote the file /etc/init.d/hostname (was identical to /etc/cond.d/hostname).
I just retyped it from your answer, rebooted, and now it works. Just hope gentoo does not preserve my modifications over upcoming upgrades.

Thank you very much for your help, people!

Kind regards,

PS. I should probably change the status of this question to "solved", but I do not realize how. I'll research some more...

[DONAHUE]

edit subject line of your original post