On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 18:16, duncan brown wrote: > because winXP is winXP and linux is linux (well, gnome is gnome). > I would even say Fedora is Fedora :) > they're different, so they behave differently. > > the way that the X11 protocol (takes all the information from the gnome > programs and sends it to XFree86) and XFree86 (what actually displays > what's on your screen) works is like any other network protocol, in fact, > if i were so inclined i could run gnome-session on my server in new jersey > and display it on my screen here in southern maryland, about 300 miles > away (though the refresh and latency would suck, heh). now, gnome wants > to ENSURE that it's displaying on the correct screen and not where it's > not wanted or where it shouldn't be. this is why it wants to make sure > that the hostname it's finds on start is the proper one to display on. > some things will panic and crash. > > -d > > www.gnome.org has more info, if you're so inclined to look for it. > Actually, I know that already. But what I don't understand is why can't GNOME know that my hostname matches my own computer ? After all, eth0 is started and a new hostname is set for me by the router. What should be done for GNOME to be aware that this new hostname points to my computer ? It's even stranger when GNOME starts and tells me, through an error dialog, that I have to add my hostname to /etc/hosts... Why can't it just be added automatically without warning me ? I don't understand why I have to tell it myself (by adding my hostname in /etc/hosts)... -- Julien Olivier <julo@xxxxxxxxxx>
