Login problem

Joe47 · 02-23-2005, 11:55 PM

Could not look up internet address for localhost.localdomain.
This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
localhost.localdomain to the file /etc/hosts.

I get the above message every time after I have put in my username and password
in FC3. Any help would be appreciated. Joe

druuna · 02-24-2005, 02:21 AM

Hi,

Check if tyhe following line is present in your /etc/hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

PS: there should be one entry for 127.0.0.1, so if the localhost.localdomain part is missing, add it to the 127.0.0.1 line.

Hope this helps.

elluva · 02-24-2005, 05:42 AM

yes, this should help, good for you GNOME gives you this hint nowadays, I've searched for hours once on that one

.

grtz,
Elluva

Joe47 · 02-27-2005, 03:05 PM

druuna
I tried su to root & without to look at /etc/hosts and there is nothing it is empty
[joe@localhost ~]$ emacs /etc/hosts
[joe@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost joe]# emacs /etc/hosts
[root@localhost joe]#

druuna · 02-27-2005, 03:19 PM

Hi,

If it is empty/does not excist, fill/create it.
This is probably the fastest way to do it:

echo "127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost" >> /etc/hosts

Hope this helps.

Joe47 · 03-01-2005, 01:24 AM

druuna
Thanks it worked Joe