[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: gethostbyname() ?? Unable to become root

[From: Zoran Kolic]

> When I try to become root in an xterminal (sudo su -, or sudo gainroot) it 
> often fails and I end up with this error message.
> "unable to lookup Nokia770-39 via gethostbyname()"

I suspect you have changed hosts file.
For the very first line it should be
127.0.0.1 new_box_name localhost
This new name should match hostname file.

                        Zoran