-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Teletchéa Stéphane wrote: > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583 > > I think these entries are missing in /etc/hosts : > localhost.localdomain. > > There has already been a discussion about this point, but it is not > fixed. > > Unless this line, gnome fails to load correctly. > > I did a fresh install everytime, so it is missing in the install process > ... >
Doing it in the install process would be *even* more broken. It should be done in the network init scripts, so that an entry for 127.0.0.1 is made for the output of hostname (which is what GNOME, and many other things, look for). localhost.localdomain just happens to be the default hostname. Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+W05TrJK6UGDSBKcRAuTrAJ0Va0d2SEVMyqbsmLlXL6kGHEaWbgCgsQet quchQ93dNDGVIf+EsRtwVDE= =1Yub -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----