--- On Sun, 5/22/11, Michal Jaegermann <michal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michal Jaegermann <michal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Could not look up internet address for acer-aspire-1, xfce > To: "Antonio Olivares" <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011, 2:30 PM > On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 12:28:21PM > -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > > > > Could not look up internet address for acer-aspire-1. > > This will prevent Xfce from operating correctly. > > It may be possible to correct the problem by adding > > acer-aspire-1 to the file /etc/hosts on your system. > > > > cat /etc/hosts shows the following: > > > > [root@acer-aspire-1 ~]# cat /etc/hosts > > 127.0.0.1ÂÂÂlocalhost > localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 > > ::1   ÂÂÂlocalhost > localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 > > [root@acer-aspire-1 ~]# > > > > where should I add it to fix this error > > This is not a error but a factual information. > > > from showing up. > > Add that after 'localhost' on the first or both lines - > does not > matter much which variant you will choose. > > > BTW, I have seen this error before but in FreeBSD and > not here in Fedora :( > > Something was kind enough to edit /etc/hosts for you or you > were > using 'localhost' for your machine name. If in this > case > 'ping acer-aspire-1' does not work you _should_ have > troubles with X > (and a window manager you happen to use has nothing to do > with it). > > ÂÂÂMichaÅ > Fixed by adding acer-aspire-1 to /etc/hosts file in place of localhost.localdomain Thanks & Regards, Antonio -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test