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Re: Black screen before login



On Sun, Apr 29, 2007 at 09:16:44AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:18:41 -0700
> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
> Yes, it's a valid loopback address. Try pinging it ;-)

what, the easy way? heh. thanks

A

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