On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Question. I'm having a strange proble with x. I can
> start it all right when I log in as root. when I log
> in using a user account, I get the error:
> hostname not found
> I hit ctrl - c twice, and then it boots ok.
>
> Anybody else heard of this?
>
No, but I wonder -- did you set up your hostname in Linux
when you installed? If not, open a console window. Then, if
you're logged in as a user, type "xhost +127.0.0.1" (or
xhost +localhost) then su to root and type netcfg. If
you're already root, just open a window and type "netcfg."
John
