Determining IP information for eth0 failed

[Wolfgang]

On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 10:19, Jeroen Van Goey wrote:
> I'm unable to make contact with the internet. I get an "Unable to find
> IP
> address for server name "localhost.localdomain" - Host name lookup
> failure" error message. The step-by-step procedure I've followed so
> far.
> 
> I have a Fast Ethernet 10/100M PCI network card from Genius on a linux
> PC running Fedora core 1, kernel 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl and GNOME. My
> system recognizes the networkcard, because at bootup, I see (using the
> command "dmesg | grep eth0"):
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xc48bd000, 00:40:f4:6f:b4:90,
> IRQ 11
> eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
> divert: freeing divert_blk for eth0
> divert: allocating divert_blk for eth0
> eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xc48d6000, 00:40:f4:6f:b4:90,
> IRQ 11
> eth0:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
> eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0x0000
> 
> The output of "cat /proc/ioports" is:
> 0000-001f : dma1
> 0020-003f : pic1
> 0040-005f : timer
> 0060-006f : keyboard
> 0070-007f : rtc
> 0080-008f : dma page reg
> 00a0-00bf : pic2
> 00c0-00df : dma2
> 00f0-00ff : fpu
> 01f0-01f7 : ide0
> 0213-0213 : isapnp read
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0378-037a : parport0
> 037b-037f : parport0
> 03c0-03df : vga+
> 03f6-03f6 : ide0
> 03f8-03ff : serial(auto)
> 0a79-0a79 : isapnp write
> 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1
> 4000-403f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
> 5000-501f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI
> d000-dfff : PCI Bus #01
> e000-e01f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
>   e000-e01f : usb-uhci
> e400-e4ff : Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ <-----
>   e400-e4ff : 8139too <-----
> f000-f00f : Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE
>   f000-f007 : ide0
[snip]
> That's about as much information as I can give you.
> Where did I go wrong, or what did I forget? 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Jeroen

Make sure you have the following line in your /etc/hosts file.

127.0.0.1	localhost	localhost.localdomain	localhost


Wolf