[H-GEN] redhat 8.0 gnome and now can't login in

[Tony Nugent]

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On Tue Feb 25 2003 at 22:03, Johann wrote:

> Johann wrote:

> >        I have set up a redhat 8.0 box, with the lastest updates. I
> > changed the hostname and ipaddress .....
> > any ideas would be appreciated
> > thanks
> > Johann

> I installed kde and that is working fine, so that pretty much tells me
> its something to do with gnome.  I'm sure I've read somewhere that gnome
> on redhat 8.0 is a little buggy. Well at least if gnome is giving me
> hassles, I can choose another window manger. I quite like gnome, but I
> think I will kde another go, at least they are both similar on redhat 8.0.

It may be a problem with gnome, I'm not sure.  I've had rh8.0
running gnome without any problems like that.

I know you have it "working", but do this anyway...

  Put /etc/hosts into your editor and make sure that the line for
  127.0.0.1 resolves exactly like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost hostname.mydomain.com.au hostname

  Substitute "hostname.mydomain.com.au" and "hostname" with whatever
  you are using for your box's hostname and fqdn.

  The order is also important... subtle differences occur if you put
  the "localhost.localdomain" entries at the end of the line.

  You may then have another line specifying an IP you are using that
  also resolves to your hostname and fqdn.

  Next time you change your host's name, change it there and also in
  /etc/sysconfig/network to make it permanent (after next reboot).

Sometimes it is also useful to have "multi on" in /etc/host.conf
(especially for a multi-homed box).  The man pages should give you
more scoop about this.

Now try gnome again, it might work after doing all that.  And it
might also prevent other weird quirks also blowing up in your face
along the way.

Can you let me (us?) know if this does (or does not) fix the problem?

> cheers
> 
> Johann

Cheers
Tony

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