diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1b3d20e..e04a5a2 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 1.7.3
-####  Date: June 19 2011
+####  version: 1.7.4
+####  Date: June 20 2011
 ####  Patch Number: 00
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 ####  then find what package owns that application file.
 ####  DEPENDENCIES
 ####  bash >=3.0 (bash); df, readlink, stty, tr, uname, wc (coreutils);
-####  gawk (gawk); grep (grep); hostname (hostname); lspci (pciutils);
+####  gawk (gawk); grep (grep); lspci (pciutils);
 ####  free, ps, uptime (procps); 
 ####  Also the proc filesystem should be present and mounted
 ####
@@ -525,9 +525,10 @@ main()
 	# note: this needs to go AFTER depends check because these use gawk
 	# Do this after sourcing of config overrides so user can customize banwords
 	# Contrary to my previous belief, "${ARR[@]}" passes a quoted list, not one string
-	BAN_LIST_NORMAL=$( make_ban_lists "${A_NORMAL_BANS[@]}" ) 
+	BAN_LIST_NORMAL=$( make_ban_lists "${A_NORMAL_BANS[@]}" )
 	BAN_LIST_CPU=$( make_ban_lists "${A_CPU_BANS[@]}" )
-	##echo "BAN_LIST_NORMAL='$BAN_LIST_NORMAL'"
+	# echo "BAN_LIST_NORMAL='$BAN_LIST_NORMAL'"
+	# echo "BAN_LIST_CPU='$BAN_LIST_CPU'"
 
 	# first init function must be set first for colors etc. Remember, no debugger
 	# stuff works on this function unless you set the debugging flag manually.
@@ -789,7 +790,7 @@ check_script_depends()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local app_name='' app_path=''
 	# bc removed from deps for now
-	local depends="df free gawk grep hostname lspci ps readlink tr uname uptime wc"
+	local depends="df free gawk grep lspci ps readlink tr uname uptime wc"
 	# no need to add xprop because it will just give N/A if not there, but if we expand use of xprop,
 	# should add that here as a test, then use the B_SHOW_X_DATA flag to trigger the tests in de function
 	local x_apps="xrandr xdpyinfo glxinfo" 
@@ -1290,7 +1291,7 @@ script_self_updater()
 debug_data_collector()
 {
 	local xiin_app='' xiin_data_file='' xiin_download='' inxi_args=''
-	local xiin_data_dir="inxi-$(hostname | tr ' ' '-' | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' )-$1-$(date +%Y%m%d)" 
+	local xiin_data_dir="inxi-$(tr ' ' '-' <<< $HOSTNAME | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' )-$1-$(date +%Y%m%d)" 
 	
 	if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
 		echo "Starting debugging data collection type: $1"
@@ -1495,7 +1496,6 @@ check_recommends_items()
 	free:procps~procps~procps~:system_memory 
 	gawk:gawk~gawk~gawk~:core_tool
 	grep:grep~grep~grep~:string_search 
-	hostname:hostname~coreutils~hostname~:
 	lspci:pciutils~pciutils~pciutils~:hardware_data 
 	ps:procps~procps~procps~:process_data 
 	readlink:coreutils~coreutils~coreutils~: 
@@ -7374,7 +7374,7 @@ print_system_data()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local system_data='' bits='' desktop_environment='' 
 	local host_kernel_string='' de_distro_string='' host_string='' desktop_type='Desktop'
-	local host_name=$( hostname )
+	local host_name=$HOSTNAME
 	local current_kernel=$( uname -rm ) # | gawk '{print $1,$3,$(NF-1)}' )
 	local distro="$( get_distro_data )"
 	local tty_session=$( basename "$( tty 2>/dev/null )" | sed 's/[^0-9]*//g' )
@@ -7408,14 +7408,14 @@ print_system_data()
 	else
 		bits="(32 bit$gcc_string)"
 	fi
-
 	if [[ $B_SHOW_HOST == 'true' ]];then
+		if [[ -z $HOSTNAME ]];then
+			host_name='N/A'
+		fi
 		host_string="${C1}Host${C2} $host_name "
 		system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "${C1}Host${C2} $host_name ${C1}Kernel${C2}" )
 	fi
-	
 	host_kernel_string="$host_string${C1}Kernel${C2} $current_kernel $bits "
-	
 	if [[ $( calculate_line_length "$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string" ) -lt $LINE_MAX ]];then
 		system_data="$host_kernel_string$de_distro_string"
 		system_data=$( create_print_line "System:" "$system_data" )