system:
Linux web 2.6.27.21-0.1-pae #1 SMP 2009-03-31 14:50:44 +0200 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux PHP Version 5.3.8 Apache Version Apache/2.2.21 (Linux/SUSE)
Adding this to /etc/hosts resolved the issue.
127.0.0.1 someHostName
To find your computer's host name, just type hostname in Terminal. Use a text editor such as vim to edit hosts.
~ hostname someHostName ~ cd /etc /etc sudo vim hosts