On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:46:26 -0700 (PDT), Basil Copeland <blcjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, I change the hostname. It is one of the first > things I do with a fresh install (change it from > "localhost.localdomain"). > > --- Alexander Dalloz > > > <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am Mi, den 29.09.2004 schrieb Basil Copeland um > > 23:13: > > > > > If one edits network parameters using the gui > > applet > > > (system-network-config?), the desktop basically > > stops > > > working afterwards, and no gui applets open from > > the > > > menu until the system is restarted. > > > > > Basil > > > > You change the hostname? Then trouble running X is > > not surprising. Or > > what else do you change? > > > > Alexander > > > > > > -- > > Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key > > 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 > > Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel > > 2.6.8-1.521smp > > Serendipity 23:33:47 up 1:59, 14 users, 1.69, 0.44, > > 0.28 > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 1.2 application/pgp-signature > name=signature.asc > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > http://vote.yahoo.com > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > you need to restart X if you change the hostname, however, lets not make an excuse for the bug in the gui tool, which is if you allow people to change the hostname using it, should at least warn the consequencies. Yang
