On Monday 18 April 2005 07:18 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > JR wrote: > > Here are the files > > #/etc/hosts > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > > > > #/etc/sysconfig/network > > NETWORKING=yes > > HOSTNAME=loneswan.localdomain > > > > #/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 > > DEVICE=eth1 > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > > ONBOOT=yes > > HWADDR=00:c0:49:52:dc:74 > > METRIC=10 > > MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes > > WIRELESS_MODE=Managed > > WIRELESS_ESSID=startrek > > NEEDHOSTNAME=yes > > > > I just though I'd mention that there are other 'anomolies'. For example, > > today kmail reported it didnt have write access to the .kmail folders and > > crashed afterwards. > > > > Also, when shutting down, instead of the nice blue screen and progress > > bar, I had the blue screen, but with yellow all around the edges. Then > > the shutdown proceedure switched to verbose mode, but part of the "press > > Esc key for verbose" text hadn't been erased. > > > > I just said I'd mention them incase the info was useful. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jarlath > > Definitly a lot of strange things going on. I will have to think about > them. But one thing that will help is a small change to /etc/hosts. > > 127.0.0.1 loneswan.localdomain localhost > > This should fix the GUI login problem. It should also speed up a few > things. I don't know if it will help with the other thing. You may want > to take a good look at your log files to see what other problems they > are reporting. > > Mikkel
I made the change to /etc/hosts, but I havent noticed a difference. The login problem is the same. I'd love to wipe the computer and put 10.2 on, but it took me so long to get my wireless NIC working that I forget how I did it :) Jarlath
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