Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:31:19 -0400 From: Art <a.cheung2@sympatico.ca> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: hostname problem Message-ID: <390E21D7.ADDC4236@sympatico.ca>
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Hi, I am checking the handbook but I couldn't find a page describing how to name my machine. It become visable that I need a hostname for my machine when I use MySql. The Problem: I just download and install MySql and try to learn some SQL programming. I run into problem when I try to run MySql. It needs a hostname. I type "hostname -s" and findout that I have no hostname. So I give a dummy(localhost) hostname to my machine. And finally the mysqld run. (... I ran into other mysql problems afterward which are unappropriate to talk about here) . Now the real problem starts. I try to run Xemacs or Eterm. but Xlib does not allow me to pop up an X-based application because I give my machine a dummy hostname. I change the "DISPLAY=:0.0" to DISPLAY=localhost:0.0" but it does not work still. I change the hostname back to nothing using "hostname -s " "" and it still does not work. I figure out that I need a real hostname. Please tell me where to find info on give my machine a real hostname. I checked the handbook but I find none. Yours sincerely, Arthur (newbie) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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