Re: How do I stop Gnome looking for IP address on boot-up?

[Daniel Weber <dweber1 austin rr com>]

Norman Stevens wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Elliot Lee wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Phillip Deackes wrote:
> >
> > > > Put an entry in /etc/hosts for your hostname (like you should have ;-)
> > >
> > > That was one of the first things I ever did when I installed Linux!!!!!!
> > >
> > > My system knows my hostname. Nothing else, apart from Gnome has a
> > > problem with it. I am convinced it is a 'Gnome Thing'. Gnome appears
> > > to be rying to resolve an IP address for my hostname. I do log on to
> > > an IP with dynamic addresssing, so my host is configured as 0.0.0.0.
> > > Maybe this is the problem?
> >
> > If you are saying that your hostname is listed with IP 0.0.0.0 in
> > /etc/hosts, why aren't you using 127.0.0.1?
>
> Because the ISP hookup howto tells you to do this.
>
> Norman
>

I don't understand that at all.  /etc/hosts is for lookups intended for local
netwoks - all ISP lookups are done via DNS.  PPP will make the appropriate
entires in /etc/resolv.conf to resolve unknown host names.  /etc/hosts should
only contain host names your ISP doesn't know about - like local machines on a
home network.  I was under the impression that you had to have an entry for the
loopback device.  Try posting the results of ifconfig.  0.0.0.0 is the global
broadcast, yes?