Ok, I finally found the problem!!!
Both machines need to resolve their own name with their ip address and NOT as 127.0.0.1
I had in my /etc/hosts file the following lines:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 lnobili-kubuntu
This is BAD!!! What it should look like is:
127.0.0.1 localhost
x.x.x.x lnobili-kubuntu
where x.x.x.x is the IP address that any other machine would use to communicate with this host.
This is the link that pointed me in the right direction:
http://blogs.sun.com/technical/entry/troubleshooting_cluster_startup
Satya, thanks for trying to help me with this issue.
Luca
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