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тАО11-26-2010 12:19 PM
тАО11-26-2010 12:19 PM
I've a C8000 with 11i v1, and installed it yesterday (sept 2005 media).
Now I've an annoying problem...
First time I put the dns, but didn't configure the gateway before.. so the system froze and upon restart not only took a lot to start each service, but x looped before getting the login screen.
Solved it by booting manually and erasing the /etc/resolv.conf
Second time, put the gateway , put the dns servers, downloaded free depots from the hp website using mozilla... after a while didn't manage to open more programs... felt something was wrong so I rebooted.
Upon restart, x looped again before getting the login screen. (just fixed removing again the /etc/resolv.conf)
Any idea what the problem is ? I need to set the dns to manage to use the browser...
The hostname I put during the installation is
hpc8000
(and I remember receiving a warning about it not being compliant to standards)
Thanks,
Alessandro Mazzini
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тАО11-26-2010 01:14 PM
тАО11-26-2010 01:14 PM
SolutionSo start by creating an nameserver directive file, also called the resolver directive file, namely nsswitch.conf. There are several examples in /etc, none of them are very useful. So just copy this text to your /etc/nsswitch.conf file:
passwd: files
group: files
hosts: files [NOTFOUND=continue UNAVAIL=continue] dns
ipnodes: files [NOTFOUND=return UNAVAIL=return TRYAGAIN=return]
services: files
networks: files
protocols: files
rpc: files
publickey: files
netgroup: files
automount: files
aliases: files
> (and I remember receiving a warning about it not being compliant to standards)
There's a reason...your 9 character name is going to cause networking problems. Your hpc8000 will appear to be hpc800 in some circumstances. And the failure modes will vary depending on how your OS has been patched. Change the name to hpc8k and you'll avoid problems.
> after a while didn't manage to open more programs... felt something was wrong so I rebooted.
That's when you need to check dmesg and syslog.log. Type the command:
dmesg
And then look at the bottom of the file:
tail -100 /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log
for clues about parameter limits such as nfile and nproc being hit.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО11-26-2010 03:07 PM
тАО11-26-2010 03:07 PM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
it indeed solved the issue :)
I guess now I'm left with the elusive missing video drivers warning issue
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тАО11-26-2010 03:51 PM
тАО11-26-2010 03:51 PM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
So, can the hostname be only 6 characters ?
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тАО11-26-2010 04:23 PM
тАО11-26-2010 04:23 PM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
192.168.0.5 hpc8k myhpc8000computer hpc8k.mydomain.com myhpc8000computer.mydomain.com
as an example. If you have control over your DNS server, you can setup aliases there for other hosts to use.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО11-26-2010 05:43 PM
тАО11-26-2010 05:43 PM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
so why is hpc8000 too long ? It's 7 characters...
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тАО11-26-2010 08:29 PM
тАО11-26-2010 08:29 PM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
Oops, miscounted. The warning about being non-compliant is not clear. hpc8000 is just fine as a hostname.
Bill Hassell, sysadmin
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тАО11-27-2010 02:34 AM
тАО11-27-2010 02:34 AM
Re: Weird issue of x looping at startup
ok, closing :)
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тАО11-27-2010 02:35 AM
тАО11-27-2010 02:35 AM