Oops got off-list On Feb 15, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Clark Dunson wrote: > as root: hostname newname > > I confirm it by > > hostname > > I get back "newname" > > Good, right? No, not at all. Now Gnome will not start a new > terminal. > The viewmaster cursor spins and spins, then nothing happens. No > choice. Either ctrl-alt F1, 2, etc for another console outside > Gnome, or > reboot. So we reboot. When it comes back up, hostname is reset to > the old name by Gnome. Conclusion: Gnome is keeping hostname > internally with no regard for what I did as root. _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
