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MONODA

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Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 256

Error at xfce startup

Whever I start xfce4 with startx, I get an error saying that the internet to connection myhost could not be established and that it would work if I put it in my /etc/hosts file. What would that do and how exactly would I do it? is there any other way to fix it and what is going on?

Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: Error at xfce startup

Did you read the Beginner's Guide?
Did you set up your host name correctly in /etc/hosts?

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ibendiben

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Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 519

Re: Error at xfce startup

In your /etc/rc.conf there is a line specifying your HOSTNAME = myhost,
If you don't want to change this into a real hostname, you should add myhost to the end of the line in /etc/hosts too, so /etc/hosts and /etc/rc.conf match the same hostname...

If you do want to change, you still need to edit /etc/hosts, but to match, you'll have to edit /etc/rc.conf hostname too.

To edit a file via command line, you can use nano:

nano /etc/hosts
nano /etc/rc.conf

I suggest you have a look at the beginnersguide Arch provides on the wiki:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … The_System
For allmost all problems there is an answer on the wiki so it's good to allways start and search there.
Second you can try and do a search in the forums and when you find yourself still clueless after doing that you can ofcourse even start a new topic

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MONODA

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Registered: 2008-02-09

Posts: 256

Re: Error at xfce startup

thanks you guys and i will be sure to search in the forums next time.