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Re: Gnome complain it cannot find internet address for hostname



How about changing your address to 127.0.0.1 too?

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Phillip Deackes wrote:

> I recently installed Gnome (1.0.5x) on my Debian (Potato) system and am
> managing to get everything configured as I like it.
> 
> Each time I log on using GDM or KDM I get a Gnome message telling me
> that Gnome cannot find the internet address for scgf (my system
> hostname).
> 
> My /etc/hosts contains:
> 
> 127.0.0.1	localhost
> 0.0.0.0	scgf.gmx.net scgf
> 
> If I do 'hostname' on the command line I get 'scgf'. Everything works
> fine elsewhere on the system. I receive email using fetchmail and Exim.
> I always assume if Exim works OK and sorts/delivers local and remote
> mail correctly then the system must be configured correctly.
> 
> I use a dial-up ISP with dynamic IP address allocation via a V90 modem.
> I have no networking cards as this is a stand-alone PC.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
> --
> Phillip Deackes
> Debian Linux 
> 
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