Gnome - Could not look up internet address for

[Paul Howarth]

On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:32 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> I have been tweaking a new Fc4 installation and changed the name of the
> machine from old.domain.net to new.domain.net by changing the name in
> Network Configuration module by going into the tab labeled DNS and
> changing the hostname from old to new.  
> 
> After I did this I keep getting the following message when I login using
> gnome.
> 
> "Could not look up internet address for new.domain.net.  This will
> prevent gnome from operating correctly.  It may be possible to correct
> the problem by adding new.domain.net to the file /etc/hosts."
> 
> I have tried doing what the warning suggested, but there were no changes
> in the warning.  
> 
> This may be an easy fix but I can not find a reference to point me in
> the right direction.  
> 
> When the name is changed on a machine is there more than one place to
> change the name. Any help would be appreciated.

What's in /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts ?

Paul.
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Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>