[KLUG Members] Ohh no..

[Alan DeJong]

Bruce Smith wrote:

> > > 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
>

I pico'd the hosts file and edited it manually and everything seems back to normal..
whatever normal is!

>
> > >   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).

Whatever it is, gnome it back to its old self now!  Thank you for your help!!

-Alan