loki@physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson Rm421) (04/09/90)
Hey ho... I am not a subscriber to info-iris so pardon me if this question has been fully dealt with before. We are running Ultrix 3.2.1 on a new IRIS Personal 4D in the midst of a cluster of SUNs running SUN OSv3.5. A 3/180 provides name-service for the local group (Physics.McGill.CA); its address is frodo.Physics.McGill.CA (132.206.9.1). My problem is that the IRIS seems to have trouble using the nameserver to resolve its own name during start-up of the window server (ie. during full-graphic console login). If the contents of the IRIS' /usr/etc/resolv.conf contain (at bootup): domain Physics.McGill.CA nameserver 132.206.9.1 the window start-up will fail claiming that it "cannot resolve address 127.0.0.1". This is patently silly since this is the resolved loopback numerical address as it *should* need it. ??? When /usr/etc/resolv.conf is removed (and IRIS rebooted), the window server starts up properly by accessing the /etc/hosts file. I can effectively have it boot up without resolv.conf and then put in afterward and have everything work fine. I can even login and logout and login again *without* problems. The only depedence seems to be the presence of the resolv.conf file *during boot*!! What am I missing? Please Email direct since I am *not* on the mail list. Thanks in advance, Loki Jorgenson node: loki@physics.mcgill.ca Physics, McGill University fax: (514) 398-3733 Montreal Quebec CANADA phone: (514) 398-6531 <*> ..... space for rent ..... <*>