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[macias]

Hi there,

  aMule 2.0.3 -- no problems. I've just upgraded to aMule 2.1.0 and when I am starting it there is a message saying "Cannot get the official hostname". What does that mean and how I can fix it?
  OSSuSE 10.1A3.

thanks for your help
bye

PS. Besides that everything works fine.

[Kry]

Set a hostname for your box?

[macias]

Originally posted by Kry
Set a hostname for your box?

You mean:

macias@flatline:~> hostname
flatline

? So, it was and it is set. As I said, with aMule 2.0.3 no such problems.

have a nice day
bye

[Kry]

Yeah well 2.0.3 is not the same as 2.1.0. the wxWdigets wxGetFullHostname call is obviously failing in your box for some reason.

[lionel77]

*shamelessly copy'n'pasting*

lionel77 wrote somewhere else:

The "Cannot get the official hostname" error seems to only show up on a small number of machines and we haven't figured out yet what the reason for this is (see here).

For now I would suggest the following temporary workaround:
- open the Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities)
- paste "sudo hostname mydnsdomain" and hit return
- then enter your admin password and hit return again
Unfortunately, you have to do this after each reboot of OS X until we provide a fixed version. On the positive side you are not making any permanent changes to your system with this workaround.

[ken]

The problem is that wxGetFullHostname requires that the hostname be a fully-qualified domain name.  So, instead of "flatline", it would have to be "flatline.somedomain.sometld".

And, by the way Kry, eat your words.  

[Kry]

I don't have a FQDN and it works here.

[lionel77]

Originally posted by ken
The problem is that wxGetFullHostname requires that the hostname be a fully-qualified domain name.  So, instead of "flatline", it would have to be "flatline.somedomain.sometld".

Wait, why does the "sudo hostname mydnsdomain" workaround work then? That's not a FQDN, right?

[ken]

I don't think "mydnsdomain" was meant to be taken literally.  The user who issues this command is meant to substitute their computer's (fully-qualified) domain name.

[ken]

OK, I've reduced the severity of this problem.  The message should now just print to the aMule log instead of putting up a dialog box.