[wellylug] hostname

[Rose McGillicuddy]

Hi Damon,

>Please open a terminal window when logged in (as any user), and type:
>
>cat /etc/hosts
>
>What does it say?  If it does not say:
>
>127.0.0.1               localhost.localdomain localhost
>
>then something is not correct yet.
>
It said "no such file or directory.

>You may have to try a "brutal" method (for a newbie) of fixing the file
>if it is not correct: as root, in a terminal, type:
>
>vi /etc/hosts
>
>vi is a remarkable yet confusing and confounding editor.  Type the
>letters:
>
>dd
>
>a few times to delete any lines in the file when you are running it. 
>Then type the letter:
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>i
>
>(for insert).  Then type:
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>127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain localhost
>
>Then hit the key:
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>escape
>
>once.  Then type:
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>:wq
>
> and hit enter (don't forget the colon before the w, and you must do
>this after you've hit escape).  That will modify and save for sure.  But
>you need to type *exactly* as I've suggested!  Then type:
>
>reboot
>
>and hit enter.
>
>If you can do  this, then we congratulate you :-)
>
I did this (with great trepidation, having heard vi is nasty!), but 
still got the welcome to http://etc.

Logged on anyway and went into terminal window again and repeated step 
one and the correct value came up.

Went on and configued gnome ppp dial up and connected to internet, but 
it disconnects before I have such time as to even write a URL.

Rebooted, and would you believe - still the welcome to http://, and the 
same message about gnome.  This defeats me.  I noticed as the boot up 
dialogue rushed by it said something about host as http:// etc.

>All it means is linux non frame buffer (which means boot up linux with
>plain text flashing by, and not the fancy graphical look).  Otherwise it
>is identical to booting up as linux.
>

>Thanks for that info.  If installed Redhat to try again would need to put bootloader on floppy, if i could work out that out.
>Damon Lynch <damon at dev-zone.org>
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