On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 16:41, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:05:24PM -0700, Clifford Snow wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:41, Taylor, ForrestX wrote: > > <snip> > > > 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. > > > > I made the suggested changes and it work. Thank you. To recap, I used > > the following steps: > > 1. xhost +newhostname > > 2. changed the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network > > 3. changed the 127.0.0.1 entry in /etc/hosts to include the new host > > name > unless you are using dhcp this hosts file should contatin the ip and > hostname fo you machine. I am using dhcp. I'm glad you reminded me since I plan to go to static ip in the near future. <snip> -- Clifford Snow
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