On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:28, Clifford Snow wrote: > I'm attempting to change the hostname of my box. I used the following > steps to change the hostname: > 1. Edited /etc/sysconfig/network to change the > HOSTNAME=newname.example.com > 2. Edited /etc/hosts to 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost > newname > 3. Ran /bin/hostname newname > > I seem to be missing something because opening a web browser just > hangs. What other places need to be changed to change the hostname? You forgot step 0: xhost +localhost. The X server is no longer able to send it's information to the original host name (since you changed it). Restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) and you should be able to start a browser. Forrest
