[KLUG Members] Ohh no..

[Alan DeJong]

Bruce Smith wrote:

> > I am running linux off my laptop (right now i am using BSware pro)  And today i
> > started it up and for some reason it hung where it starts up sendmail... well, i
> > waited paitently and it got past that point.  but after it was done loading it
> > didnt bring up the gui like it normally does, just the prompt.  so i log in, try
>
> By chance, did you have your PCMCIA network card in the PC, and
> you were NOT hooked to the network?  If so, either plug in your
> network cable, or take out the card.
>

YES as a matter of fact i did.  About 2 weeks ago i was trying to connect to my home
network (no luck by the way).  How do i change my computer name back to
"localhost.localdomain" ?  It says it could not find the one i typed in (something
like, rainman.localnetwork or something like that?

>
> > to start x, but nothing happens.. hmm..
>
> Oh, I bet something happened if you typed "startx" (no space),
> like an error message, which would be helpful to diagnose this.
>

Well i was incorrect in my previous statement.  X Does start when  you type startx,
but it takes forever!!  And if you open a program that also takes forever..

>
> If the error rolls off the screen, pipe everything to a file:
>
>   startx > errorfile.txt 2>&1
>

After i do this, gnome starts up with this msg "Could not look up intenet address for
RainMan.pH2rd.  This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.  It may be possible
to correct the problem by adding RainMan.pH2rd to the file /etc/hosts."
So now my /etc/hosts/ looks like this:
127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain    localhost
127.0.0.1    RainMan.pH2rd           RainMan

Is that right?

-Alan