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

[Johann]

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Thanks for the reply,

Tony Nugent wrote:
...

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


well, I think working is a lose term here, I still get the following 
error when I issue "xhost +" -> xhost: unable to open display on ""     
which makes me surprised that kde works, unless xhost is used solely for 
remote logins. Either way I should be able to set xhost to any valid 
host and I can't, so I take this as symptoms of deeper problems than 
just gnome being naughty.

>  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.
>  
>
yep, tried that to no avail.

>  The order is also important... subtle differences occur if you put
>  the "localhost.localdomain" entries at the end of the line.
>  
>
I've noticed that sometimes redhat puts the line as 127.0.0.1 hostname 
localhost.localdomain to which I have normally changed it back too 
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain and then a separate line for 
the fqdn , ipaddress and hostname that I ran the machine as (as per your 
point below).

>  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).
>  
>
yeah, I've been checking that file to ensure all files are updated.

>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.
>  
>
I've always set /etc/host.conf to "order hosts,bind"  I now have 
inserted "multi on" , does not seem to help.


>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?
>
most certainly : )      


Double checking things, I have found an error in my hosts file in that  
I spelt localdomain as localdoman - doh!, (so I fixed this and also 
changed it so I have the 127.0.0.1 ... on one line and the my assigned 
hostname, ip etc on a separate line)  I restarted x-windows, gnome 
started to load, gave an error about not being able to load some 
services, and proceeded to start loading some of the gnome services, 
until about 5 secs later the screen went blank. Well at least that is 
further progess that before. I rebooted the machine so see how gnome 
would load from a fresh boot, but I get the same error I got initially, 
so back to squae one.

 I then tried playing around with the hosts file again, this time as you 
suggested 127 ... etc plus my assigned fqdn and hostname on the same 
line. This time I get a little further with gnome,  I get to the 
desktop, but there is nothing on it. I reboot the machine and log in 
afresh, now I am back to square one again. Each time I cannot alter the 
xhost entries, I always get "xhost: unable to open display on ""  , so I 
am wondering what is the difference between gnome and kde. With every 
setting, even when I had misspelled domain, kde would still work.

cheers

Johann


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