[PLUG] trouble with GNOME

[Robbert van Andel]

If you are not getting any error messages, you might consider launching
evolution from a terminal to see if you get any error messages there. 
When I corrected the two files I mentioned earlier, everything worked
fine.  

On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 23:06, Sean Dixon wrote:
> Well that was fun.  I changed my computer name anyway.  
> 
> The error messages seems to have gone.
> 
> Evolution still won't launch though.  Hummm....  ?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org
> [mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Robbert van Andel
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 6:19 PM
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] trouble with GNOME
> 
> 
> 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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