When I change the hostname on my fedora 12 box, from the installation default of localhost.localdomain, the network dies until it is reset back. I'm changing the hostname by the Network control applet in Gnome, and have checked that /etc/sysconfig/network and it lists the following NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=feddesk ifconfig shows eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:D1:7F:B3 inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fed1:7fb3/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:101 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:13048 (12.7 KiB) TX bytes:258 (258.0 b) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1320 (1.2 KiB) TX bytes:1320 (1.2 KiB) I cant understand why the act of changing the hostname would kill the network, has anyone got any ideas? -- Michael Thompson http://maverickapollo.wordpress.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines