Problems when booting up...

[Phil Pinkerton]

It happened to me once. I corrected the name in /etc/hostname and it
fixed the problem.

that's it... sorry it did not help my problem had something to do with
resolving hostname to set the DISPLAY and start kdm

phil


Larry Shields wrote:
> Phil Pinkerton wrote:
>   
>> Check the hostname is in /etc/hosts and that it is spelled the same as
>> in the /etc/hostname file
>>
>> Larry Shields wrote
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm not sure if anyone has had this problem or not, but here is what 
>>> happens when I boot the system up...
>>>
>>> It starts out with grub, then show a black screen with a loading bar, 
>>> but the bar gets just about to the end, then it reverts back to a black 
>>> screen, with a login prompt...
>>>
>>> I now have to login, then startx to get it up and running...Might anyone 
>>> know how to correct the problem, so that it will bootup correctly...???
>>>
>>> Thanks Larry
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>   
>>     
> Hello Phil,
>
> Well both have the same name, and are spelled correctly...Not sure why 
> you would think that by having it spelled wrong would make the system 
> not boot up correctly...
>
> Thanks Larry
>
>