Mandrake install

[Robert Meyer]

Take a peek in /etc/sysconfig/network.  There should be a HOSTNAME entry in
there.  Chances are that is where the 'xl-' stuff is coming from.  Change that
to what you want the host name to be.  Then edit /etc/hosts and change the
localhost line to be:

127.0.0.1    localhost localhost.localdomain myhostname

Where 'myhostname' is the name that you gave the machine.  I find that I
usually have to do this on standalone machines that are not using DNS and are
not always connected to a network (such as dialups).  Try that and let us know
where you get.

Cheers!

Bob
--- Ron <ronb at cogeco.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed Mandrake 9.1 and there seems to be a problem. 
> When I log on to Gnome there is a message 
> 
> "Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-02-3f-90-93-4d. This
> will prevent Gnome from operating correctly.  It may be possible to
> correct the problem by adding x1-* to file /etc/hosts."
> 
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1		localhost
> 
> I am not sure how to add x1* and am not sure if that is the whole
> problem. My command line prompt uses the same numbers sequence in place
> of the computer name 
> 
> "(ron at x1* ron)$"
> 
> During the install I distinctly remember setting the name, there was
> also a second place to name the computer but it was optional and
> wouldn't have been the name used in the command line prompt as it was
> "descriptive and allowed the use of spaces. I did leave this one blank
> 
> No idea at all where "x1* came from or how to get rid of it.
> 
> Any input would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you
> 
> -- 
> Ron
> ronb at cogeco.ca
> 


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