GNOME loading error
First off I'd just like to say that I know nothing about Linux...
Everytime I load up Red Hat 9 and prior to GNOME loading up but in a graphical environment, I get a message that reads: "Could not look up internet address for DHCPPC2. This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by adding DHCPPC2 to the file /etc/hosts" My Internet works perfectly fine through DHCP, and thus far I haven't found any problems with GNOME. However, I'm just wondering how to fix this and get a better understanding of what's actually going on there. I'm under the impression that I've assigned the name "DHCPP2" as my computer's name. Any suggestions or thoughts? |
what dhcp server are you connecting to? sounds like you machine thinks its name is DHCPPC2. I agree with the solution of editing /etc/hosts to add DHCPPC2 as an alias to localhost. Just add the word DHCPPC2 to the end of the line in /etc/hosts that has localhost in it...
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I actually have a Netgear RT314 router, which apparently has an integrated 'virtual' DHCP server.
I haven't made any modifications to the /etc/host file because I don't know how... :confused: What has happened now is that for some reason it's now saying that it can't find an internet address for DHCPPC1. Any suggestions? Thanks :newbie: |
Open a terminal.
change to root by witing: su type emacs /etc/sysconfig/network there add the line: HOSTNAME="mycomputer" Then you need to redo your hosts file. |
What's happening is that the error message is coming up and everynow and then, the message is changing from error loading DHCPPC1 to DHCPPC2.
Would is be safe to add both: HOSTNAME="DHCPPC1" HOSTNAME="DHCPPC2" to that file? When you say that I'll have to redo my hosts file, I'm not running a Linux server - but rather a Netgear RT314 router that acts as a DHCP server. Thanks for the reply. |
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