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Old 07-18-2020, 09:03 PM   #1
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changing hostname locks up system


Hello everyone, I followed the online directions to change my hostname (both /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts) in vim and after rebooting and logging in, I was unable to right click to get my menu (running Openbox on XFCE with obmenu-generator) Changing it back to the original and rebooting makes everything work again.

Dell Inspirion 3583 12G Ram
i3 processor
Artix XFCE running Openbox

Thank you in advance for your help.
 
Old 07-18-2020, 09:10 PM   #2
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That is truly strange.

Can you link to the online directions that you followed so that others can review them?
 
Old 07-18-2020, 09:26 PM   #3
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I'm using runit instead of systemd so that may make things a little more complicated, but here's what I followed:

https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Configuration

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...t_the_hostname

https://www.tecmint.com/set-hostname...ntly-in-linux/
everything is good until etc/init.d/hostname restart gives no such file

Last edited by gnu noob; 07-18-2020 at 09:32 PM. Reason: additional information
 
Old 07-23-2020, 03:28 PM   #4
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It has something to do with running openbox on XFCE, I'm working around it by using openbox only until I upgrade hardware and reinstall.
 
  


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