[PLUG] trouble with GNOME
Robbert van Andel
robbert at vafam.com
Tue Mar 4 18:20:02 UTC 2003
I've had the same trouble when I first switched to linux. There are
actually two files you will want to check.
This is the entry on the computer name from my Linux Cheat Sheet:
Changing the Computer name
1. Log in as root.
2. Edit /etc/hosts to read as the following
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost {desired computer
name}
3. Edit /etc/sysconfig/network to read as the following
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME={desired computer name} (same as #2)
Replace {desired computer name} with what you want to call the server.
I call mine Robbert (okay, so I'm vain, big deal :) ). So my /etc/hosts
file looks like this
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost robbert
And my /etc/sysconfig/network file looks like this
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=robbert
Hope this helps.
Robbert
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 13:23, Sean wrote:
> I finally made the switch to Linux. It has been a lot of fun and a lot
> of frustration as I struggle to learn the idiosyncrocies of this OS.
>
> One problem I have had are critical errors on my user accounts. After
> struggling to fix them, I decided to simply delete them from the GUI.
> When I added the new account with the same name I had the same problems
> - mozilla launching and then crashing was one issue. I finally just
> renamed the user directories with a .old and created new account through
> xterm.
>
> Although Mozilla works, now my evolution mail client will not launch.
>
> I believe many of the problems I am having are a result of an initial
> issue I have at start-up. The following is the error message I get when
> I login:
>
> Could not look up internet address for <local computer>.
> This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> <local computer> to the file /etc/hosts
>
> Any suggestions on what is going on and what I need to do to fix it?
>
> I am running Redhat 8
>
>
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