[KLUG Members] Ohh no..

[Bruce Smith]

> > 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?

Short of editing config files manually, you can use one of
the redhat config tools:  (your choice)

  linuxconf  netconfig  control-panel 

> > > 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..

Most likely related to your network problem.
It's trying to lookup your hostname or something.
Also nuke your DNS name servers in your network config.

> > 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?

That may work, although I would add them all on one line, like:

127.0.0.1    localhost.localdomain  localhost RainMan.pH2rd   RainMan

> >   startx > errorfile.txt 2>&1
> 
> I did get one error:
> **WARNING**: Host name lookup failure on localhost.
> libpng errorL IDAT: CRC error
> 
> Gt-Warning: gtk_signal_disconnected_by_data( ) couldnt not find handler conaing data
> waiting for x server to shutdown.... bla bla bla..
> 
> I take it this is my problem?

Not likely, looks unrelated.  

Probably warnings from your window manager or desktop (Gnome, KDE, whatever).

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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