``` [Unit] name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround description=Workaround for the missi

[Unit]
name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround
description=Workaround for the missing /etc/hostname file on Universal Blue systems
after=network.target
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/hostname

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo "%H" > /etc/hostname'

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[Unit]
name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround
description=Workaround for the missing /etc/hostname file on Universal Blue systems
after=network.target
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/hostname

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo "%H" > /etc/hostname'

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[Unit]
name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround
description=Workaround for the missing /etc/hostname file on Universal Blue systems
after=network.target
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/hostname

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo "%H" > /etc/hostname'

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[Unit]
name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround
description=Workaround for the missing /etc/hostname file on Universal Blue systems
after=network.target
ConditionPathExists=!/etc/hostname

[Service]
ExecStart=/bin/sh -c 'echo "%H" > /etc/hostname'

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Something like this?

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:30 PM

sgtm, does anyone hate this?

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:30 PM

can we toss this in one of the service packages so we can fix lts and bluefin in one place?

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:31 PM

No idea on aurora, so far looks to be bluefin only?

RRobert ``` [Unit] name=Universal Blue Missing /etc/hostname Workaround description=Work...

M2•4/28/25, 6:32 PM

The only thing weird is if a user is truly using dhcp for setting hostnames. I would maybe add a stamp file instead for the conditions check

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:33 PM

Do they not have /etc/hostname files? Or does their hostnamehostname not return what DHCP assigned?

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:33 PM

I would expect $ hostname$ hostname to always give the desired name, which is what the %H does

M2•4/28/25, 6:34 PM

i have no idea what takes precedence. If /etc/hostname or a transient hostname

M2•4/28/25, 6:34 PM

as in we are making a transient hostname static by writing it to /etc/hostname

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:35 PM

And also, since we have no idea what caused it, it could happen again, so something more automated than stampfiles would be ideal

Jj0rge can we toss this in one of the service packages so we can fix lts and bluefin in...

renner•4/28/25, 6:35 PM

Someone reported the same issue yesterday on aurora
https://github.com/ublue-os/aurora/issues/393

Jj0rge @uBlue Members anyone else seeing these /etc/hostname errors? breaks distroboxes

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:36 PM

I reported it a few weeks ago, and it came up again last week. I just rebuilt all my ’boxes rather than mess with workarounds.

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:36 PM

if it's been a few weeks we'd get way more reports wouldn't we?

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:37 PM

Either people are building clean boxes atop 42, or rebuilding like I did, or just not using Distrobox all that much.

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:37 PM

(I doubt the latter, but I include the possibility for completeness.)

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:37 PM

It's easy to replicate and see via podman inspect myboxpodman inspect mybox

M2•4/28/25, 6:41 PM

i think distrobox usage has gone down a bit.

brew + flatpak

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:41 PM

I have an issue filed to remove it from non-dx bluefins

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:42 PM

but that's more because of boxbuddy, leaving distrobox is fine, it's important

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:42 PM

but this new GUI looks promising too

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:42 PM

but we can handle that later

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:43 PM

https://github.com/ranfdev/DistroShelf

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:43 PM

ok so if bazzite is not affected then maybe it's something we did in the packages repo? Something that bluefin and aurora share

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:44 PM

@M2 Which image are you using? Is your personal image based off Bazzite?

M2•4/28/25, 6:44 PM

personal image based on bluefin

M2•4/28/25, 6:44 PM

base bluefin

inffy•4/28/25, 6:44 PM

The reports only surfaced after this weeks stable release

M2•4/28/25, 6:45 PM

i'm on an image that was built this morning as well

Iinffy The reports only surfaced after this weeks stable release

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:46 PM

Nope. I brought it up on the 15th.

Pryka•4/28/25, 6:47 PM

Mine is in place, im on stable-nvidia-dx

Pryka•4/28/25, 6:47 PM

Ttangentsoft Nope. [I brought it up](https://discord.com/channels/1072614816579063828/1087140...

inffy•4/28/25, 6:48 PM

Sure, only issues on github came yesterday

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:48 PM

Just pointing out that the problem is older than that.

inffy•4/28/25, 6:48 PM

Stable is also on f41 still

tangentsoft•4/28/25, 6:49 PM

I switched to the beta branch about then for $REASONS$REASONS.

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:49 PM

yeah and LTS is centos, so it's something we're all sharing, which is why I suspect the packages repo

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:49 PM

Have there been any confirmations either way for Bazzite DX?
Any Bazzite DX users with that file?
Any Bazzite DX users without that file?

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:50 PM

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aublue-os%2Fpackages+hostname&type=code

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:50 PM

no bazzite issues yet afaict

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:52 PM

chaiqi confirms bazzite-dx has the file

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:52 PM

we have not seen a bazzite image with the file missing yet.

j0rge•4/28/25, 6:53 PM

And since bazzite isn't centralized, this leads me to believe it's something we're all sharing.

RobertOP•4/28/25, 6:53 PM

None of the changes from the days before 15th look like it could have caused it in the packages repo

j0rge•4/28/25, 7:00 PM

none of the packages in the changelog are offering a clue to me

M2•4/28/25, 7:03 PM

i'm fairly certain that anaconda does not create an /etc/hostname by default unless you specify a hostname during install

j0rge•4/28/25, 7:04 PM

oh so do we think it's an installation difference with some people?

M2•4/28/25, 7:04 PM

that's what I think

Pryka•4/28/25, 7:09 PM

Lemme check my terminal history to see if I dabbled with manual hostname setting

Pryka•4/28/25, 7:11 PM

I don't see anything, but there is a change I set it up via gnome settings. Not sure, my install is quite old.

Pryka•4/28/25, 7:12 PM

yeah looks like I did it at some point

Pryka•4/28/25, 7:12 PM

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