Re: [gnome-list] gnome vs. network

[Gleef <dzol virtual-yellow com>]

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> I updated to all the latest Red Hat RPMs over the weekend, and I see two
> problems:
> 
> 1) GNOME now complains if I'm not already dialed up when I log in.  I
> can't afford to stay dialed up all the time; I dial up *after* I log in,
> and hang up before I log out (if not sooner).

That's an easy one to fix.  ORBit is looking to resolve your hostname into
an IP address.  Put a line in /etc/hosts for your hostname, and it won't
bother hunting down a DNS server to resolve it.


Best of Luck,
-Gleef