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

[Robert Kearey]

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Johann wrote:

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>        I have set up a redhat 8.0 box, with the lastest updates. I 
> changed the hostname and ipaddress details using the redhat network 
> configuration tool and now when I try to login back in I can't.

What did you change it to? Do the map forward and reverse? Are you 
getting your IP from DHCP? Details.

> I'm 
> using gnome, and it'll get to the first splash screen thats shows the 
> various bits starting up (although none of those services are started) 
> and it just seems to hang.

Odd. Anything in /var/log/message or /var/log/XFree86.foo.log?

> I saw a log somewhere that said something to 
> the effect that x-windows could not find a server to connect too. 

Somewhere? To the effect of? More data needed.

> Unfortunately I can't find this log entry again. However I thought maybe 
> is was an access problem, so I set  "xhost +"   to allow all, however 
> all I got back was 'xhost: unable to open display ""  '  and further 
> when I log on at console, I get "last login: ... on :0 " which is not 
> right either.

Um. Why did you do that?

>  Now if I change the hostname to something stupid, that 
> can't be looked up, gnome complains at startup, I click continue, and 
> the gnome doesn't proceed anymore.

Yep, that's meant to happen.

> I can login using the fail safe mode 
> (twm I think), so I am guessing its unlikely to be a x-windows config 
> problem (and I have tried reconfiguring the XFre86 config file) so I am 
> thinking it is likely to be more of a gnome config problem.

It's possible that something you've done whilst thrashing around has 
confused gnome thouroughly. rm .gnome and try again.

> I have no 
> other window manager installed at the moment. If I switch to run level 3 
> and just type X, I get the x-server up and running okay. I have seen 
> this on another machine I have, that I was using, but I ended up 
> re-installing, so I do not think it is hardware specific. I tried to 
> re-install most of the core gnome files to no avail. I also tried 
> setting the hostname back to the orginal name that I had entered when I 
> first set the box, but this has not helped either.

Yep, sounds like what I've described above -  a classic 
fiddle-break-aiiee-thrash-breaksomemore-ohgod-splat scenario.

> Johann

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