SDB:Printing Does not Work with: lpd, X-Windows, Dial-up

Network-based services dependent on name resolution do not work, e.g. lpd, X-Windows, or ISDN/Modem dial-up.

Network-based services depend on name resolution, i.e. a computer can be identified by his id. If the base configuration

then name resolution fails. A network service request cannot assigned to an addressee and therefore the request cannot be completed.

You can set the machine name and the network domain using yast.

Please take care:

The machine should not consist of more than 8 letters (it is possible to use more, but there could be problems with email addressing).
- The machine name should not contain any umlauts (email addressing would be patchy at best).
- Lowercase is preferred; uppercase will be converted into lowercase.
Domains are encoded using the following syntax:sub_domain.top_level_domain

The top-level domain name should not consist or more than 4 letters.
Do not put a period at the end of the domain name.
It is possible to use sub-domain names consisting of other sub-domain names sub_sub_domain.sub_domain, although this should be avoided if not absolutely necessary. You only need to use a sub-domain name if the network provider demands it or if a complex internal network has been installed.
Domain names are preferably written using lower case letters, upper case letters will be converted into lowercase.
If possible, use the domain name of the network provider.
If you do not want to connect to the Internet, the syntax placename.country might be useful.

The complete name as output by the command hostname -f should look like this: computer_name.domain.top_level_domain. Again, the top-level domain has 4 letters at most.

Enter the configuration into YaST as follows:

Login as root
Type YaST
Go to menu item System administration and hit Enter
Go to menu item Network Configuration and hit Enter
Go to menu item Change host name and hit Enter
Enter hostname and domain name according to the rules outlined above
Continue...
by pushing the Esc button repeatedly until you exit YaST. Then SuSEConfig will run and finish configuration.
To see the effects of your new configuration, reboot you computer !

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