Re: Gnomebook computers.. ;-)

[Steve Spicklemire <steve acer spvi com>]

Thanks to all who replied.... Hmmmm well I like to build/test
websites on my machine when I'm roaming, and offline so
I'm running a local/dummy DNS for a few domains so I can
test VirtualHosting and the like. Since I'm my own name
service I don't see why it should matter that my hostname
is not localhost.  Aha!! that was the clue I needed. ;-)
I didn't have an entry in /etc/hosts for my local host name. ;-)
Now it's fine.. thanks! Sometimes it helps to talk things out.

-steve

>>>>> "Sergey" == Sergey I Panov <sipan@mit.edu> writes:

    >> OK.. seriously.. is there anyone out there using gnome with a
    >> notebook where you are sometimes on the net.. and sometimes
    >> (often?)  offline? I've having serious problems with my
    >> notebook when it's off the net gnome hangs for long periods of
    >> time, especially at logon and logoff. When I connect to the
    >> network, everything is fine. Is there any way to configure it
    >> so that when I'm off line I don't even run the session
    >> management stuff? Can gnome still work without it?

    Sergey>   I've just installed RH6.0 with GNOME on the laptop and
    Sergey> it works without problems. What is the name of your
    Sergey> computer when it is offline? It should be "localhost" or
    Sergey> something that is an alias of the localhost.  Symptoms
    Sergey> from your description are simular to what happens on
    Sergey> networked (static IP) computers when they go offline.

    Sergey>  Sergey