Error message on start up

[Chris& Karen Morgan]

Can someone help me by explaining how I can overcome the following error message:-

Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf.
This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf to the file /etc/hosts.

It's my first day using Fedora and i'm totally new to Linux.

Thanks,
Chris

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 30.04.2005 schrieb [e-mail] um 20:35:
> Can someone help me by explaining how I can overcome the following error message:-
>
> Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf.
> This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf to the file /etc/hosts.
>
> It's my first day using Fedora and i'm totally new to Linux.
> Chris

Simply specify a hostname in system-config-network. Something like
"fedora.home.lan" would be ok.

Alexander

[Duncan Lithgow]

On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 20:56 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Sa, den 30.04.2005 schrieb [e-mail] um 20:35:
> > Can someone help me by explaining how I can overcome the following error message:-
> >
> > Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf.
> > This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> > x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf to the file /etc/hosts.
> >
> > It's my first day using Fedora and i'm totally new to Linux.
> > Chris
>
> Simply specify a hostname in system-config-network. Something like
> "fedora.home.lan" would be ok.

Maybe Alexander's answer was not so helpful to a new linux user, am i
right?

Welcome to linux and fedora.

I can't help you with this problem, but be patient, most things get
good answer within 24hours.

Have you checked this document?
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~seabra/linux/FedoraRules.html

Duncan

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Sa, den 30.04.2005 schrieb Duncan Lithgow um 22:52:
> > > Can someone help me by explaining how I can overcome the following error message:-
> > >
> > > Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf.
> > > This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> > > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> > > x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf to the file /etc/hosts.
> > >
> > > It's my first day using Fedora and i'm totally new to Linux.
> > > Chris
> >
> > Simply specify a hostname in system-config-network. Something like
> > "fedora.home.lan" would be ok.
> Duncan

Yes, a short answer to solve the problem - no explanation so far. Is it
needed? It was explained several times here on the list.
The basis is that no hostname is set and so it is localhost /
localhost.localdomain. Then connecting to the internet the hostname
changes (the network scripts cause this) and becomes something based on
what the ISP's DNS server gives back. As this is not set in the
/etc/hosts file to be mapped to 127.0.0.1 something like Gnome display
manager on (networked) X can can problems.
To avoid this situation it is good to set a hostname. Either by running
the GUI tool system-config-network or by hand editing
/etc/sysconfig/network (HOSTNAME=) and /etc/hosts.

Alexander

[Chris& Karen Morgan]

Thanks for the help.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
On Behalf Of Duncan Lithgow
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:52 PM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: Error message on start up

On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 20:56 +0200, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> Am Sa, den 30.04.2005 schrieb [e-mail] um 20:35:
> > Can someone help me by explaining how I can overcome the following error

message:-
> > Could not look up internet address for x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf.
> > This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> > x1-6-00-11-2f-35-38-bf to the file /etc/hosts.
> >
> > It's my first day using Fedora and i'm totally new to Linux.
> > Chris
>
> Simply specify a hostname in system-config-network. Something like
> "fedora.home.lan" would be ok.

Maybe Alexander's answer was not so helpful to a new linux user, am i
right?

Welcome to linux and fedora.

I can't help you with this problem, but be patient, most things get
good answer within 24hours.

Have you checked this document?
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~seabra/linux/FedoraRules.html

Duncan