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Re: Black screen before login



On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 09:18:54PM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:42:57 -0700
> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Apr 28, 2007 at 08:41:57AM -0300, Renato Gondim Filho wrote:
> > > Yes, but the computer is not connected to the LAN. Here is the
> > > hosts file:
> > > 
> > > 127.0.0.1    localhost
> > > 127.0.1.1    blaster
> >         ^
> > 
> > its possible that could be the problem, should be 127.0.0.1
> > 
> > A
> 
> Don't think so. It is often advised to separate the hostname and
> localhost in the above manner. The address 127.0.1.1 is a valid
> address. But it's always worth a try, of course ...

huh. I won't argue the point as I don't know. But is it still a
loopback address? 'cuz if its not that could cause problems if some
process is looking for 'blaster' instead of 'localhost'. do please
educate me on that if you know.

A

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