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sasa
11-12-2001, 02:13 PM
hi
i use redhat 7.1 my linux box behind firewall
i make it work after effert to conect to internet .. it is alrady conecting to internet now ..but i have to problem

:mad: get this massge in start linux
" could not look up internet address for localhost.localdomain. this will prevent Gnome frome operating correctly . it may be possible to correct the proplem by adding localhost.localdomain to the file etc/hosts "

i did as he ask me but i have the same massege ... :confused:

can any one explan what i do wrong
is ther stander file to do my file as it .

thedexman
11-12-2001, 04:04 PM
Please post the contents of /etc/hosts.

It should have a line in it similar to
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

[ 12 November 2001: Message edited by: thedexman ]