On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Truls Gulbrandsen wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have FC4 installed incl. the most resent updates on an IBM TP30. I am trying to give the PC a new name using 'hostname'. It works in a way but after having entered the command I am unable to load 'terminal' and 'network'.
I do not understand what you mean by load Terminal and network but see below.
I go alt-crtl-f1 and log in and find that the new name is the, when exiting I find the 'terminal'window open. I have done the same operation on this machine running FC3 with the most resent updates (an IBM TP23) and works fine. Anyone with a solution to this problem?
1. Do "hostname new_hostname" as root. 2. edit the HOSTNAME parameter in /etc/sysconfig/network 3. edit /etc/hosts to reflect the new hostname 4. restart syslog or if you want to be windoze like reboot (not necessary) and all should be well. I am sure there is a gui thingy to do this also but it would be a waste of my time to figure out which one. :-) You could also search the archives. This has been discussed MANY times. HTH, Tom
