hostname configuration annoyance

[Christopher Reid Palmer <jaymz@acm.cs.umn.edu>]

Question,

Whenever I log in from the console or fire up an xterm, I get the
following error:

hostname: Unknown host
hostname: Unknown host

Furthermore, my command-line prompt should read '[chris@dusk ~ ]' but
instead reads '[chris@ ~ ]'. Also, Netscape sometimes poops out an error
whining about not being able to find the host 'dusk'. However, everything
works fine.

Weirdly, when I login as root I don't have this problem.

I have the feeling I should poke the file /etc/route.conf but I'm not
sure, so I won't yet.

Any ideas?

Btw I am running S.u.S.E. 5.2, fwiw. Thanks in advance.

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