How do you start up gnome-lite ?

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 21:34, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> why does ping hostname dont work ?
> 
> /etc/hosts
> 
> ::1                     localhost localhost.7rx.dyndns.org
> 127.0.0.1          localhost localhost.7rx.dyndns.org       
> 
> ping 7rx.dyndns.org works

Your hostname is not localhost.7rx.dyndns.org, but 7rx.dyndns.org.  If
the command:

ping `hostname`

Works (the back-ticks are important), then GNOME should work without the
/etc/hosts entry.  However, if that command doesn't work, you need to
either modify your hostname (so that the output of the hostname command
returns what you expect), or add a _correct_ entry to /etc/hosts.  for
example:

127.0.0.1	localhost 7rx.dyndns.org

Joe

> 
> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:12:14 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke
> <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 21:08, Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > > i put
> > >
> > > exec gnome-session
> > >
> > > in a file i created my self calt
> > >
> > > ~/.xsession
> > 
> > This should be ~/.xinitrc if using startx.  ~/.xsession is from xdm.
> > 
> > >
> > > but when i do startx gnome does not start
> > > when i do gnome-session in a xterm gnome does start but gives this warning
> > >
> > > Could not look up internet address for .
> > > This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
> > > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
> > >  to the file /etc/hosts.
> > 
> > See http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q20.  That FAQ is your
> > friend.
> > 
> > Joe
> > 
> > >
> > > What do i have to change in /etc/hosts ?
> > >
> > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:49:45 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke
> > > <marcus at marcuscom.com> wrote:
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> > > > Gert Cuykens wrote:
> > > > | I succesfuly installed gnome-lite from ports.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > |
> > > > | How do you start it ?
> > > >
> > > > See http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 as well as the handbook.
> > > >
> > > > Joe
> > > >
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