Xfce problems

rabadash · 2005-11-18 08:20:54

I'm trying to set up xfce and I'm having two problems, first I used hwd but my maximum resolution under display settings is only 1024X768. Secondly when I start xfce I get an error message saying it can't find myhost and that I should add it to my /etc/hosts file, but I don't know exactly what that means. Any help would be much appreciated.

shadowhand · 2005-11-18 08:26:32

Read the Wiki. There's a link at the top right of the forum.

1) Your XOrg is configured wrong.
2) Read the install guide/wiki, use the search function.

rabadash · 2005-11-18 08:34:53

I did use the wiki,and used the search function, and maybe I'm just retarded, and I'm sorry, but I didn't find what I was looking for. Plus, I don't know if my Xorg is configured wrong, seeing as it works fine under gnome.

tomk · 2005-11-18 10:47:24

Don't know about your X problem, but I put

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain   localhost

in /etc/hosts to sort out the DNS error. If it's specifically looking for myhost, just add that after localhost.

zzano · 2005-11-18 13:45:57

tomk:

I have a similar problem. If you do not have a local network (i.e. single user PC connected to the internet only), what is the appropriate address to use for the the localhost entry?

TNX

mpie · 2005-11-18 14:15:28

what tom k posted is the correct entry for a single pc...

tomk · 2005-11-18 14:15:54

You should enter the exact code above. 127.0.0.1 is your local loopback address, and every machine has it (or should have it).

shadowhand · 2005-11-18 21:00:36

If not all of the screen resolutions aren't being detected, then that means that your XOrg is missing some identifiers.

BTW, the install guide specifically says to add YOUR HOSTNAME (ie: myhost) to /etc/hosts.

elasticdog · 2005-11-19 20:56:43

I had the hostname problem with Xfce for a long time as well...some programs, if I remember correctly, must have localhost in the hosts file, but you'll continually get the error message on Xfce startup. If you change it to your actual machines name, the startup error goes away, but some programs don't work right. Eventually someone on the forums told me that you can have two aliases in the hosts file, and that seemed to clear everything up for me, so you should have something like this (if the above suggestions don't work):

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain      localhost  actualhostname

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