Failure in name resolution

[Jozsef Mak]

Hi Neil,

Thanks for the advice. I renamed the S51ntpdate files and indeed the error 
message disappeared.

jozsefmak

>From: Neil Woolford <neil at neilwoolford.co.uk>
>To: "Jozsef Mak" <j_mak3 at hotmail.com>,ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: Failure in name resolution
>Date: Sat, 04 Dec 2004 22:17:52 +0000
>
>At 20:04 04/12/04, Jozsef Mak wrote:
>
>>I am a newbie, I just installed Ubuntu not so long time ago, and I am very 
>>satisfied with the distro. But at each boot up an error message shows up. 
>>"Error: Temporary failure in name resolution." What does this mean? And 
>>what should I do about it?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>jozsefmak
>
>First, don't worry about it.  Your system is trying to check the exact time 
>and date with a server on the internet, but isn't connected yet.  No damage 
>is done or problems caused by this.  It looks a bit ugly and may take a few 
>seconds, but no harm is done to your system.
>
>Second, there is information about how to stop it in a recent thread 
>(today) on this list, "Re: avoid syncronising clock and how to dial-up".
>
>Neil
>
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