On Tuesday 14 June 2016 15:53:17 Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:48 PM Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday 14 June 2016 15:40:22 Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 03:32:19PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > Hostnames, here I come. > > > > For hostnames within your own network, consider installing avahi.
Thanks, Mark. I have. After the earlier hints. I just haven't got it working yet. :-( So I shall look at both it and having hostnames files to see which I can actually succeed with. > > That's > > how I got it working on an LFS system I built recently where _nothing_ > worked until I built / installed / configured it myself. The process of > getting that machine to a useful state taught me a lot, not least an > appreciation for everything that "just works" with Debian! That's my project after next - if I live that long!!! ;-) Probably a quick way of getting rid of the rest of my hair. And/or turning it grey. Lisi