Re: Installation problem

["Braden N. McDaniel" <braden endoframe com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Braden N. McDaniel <braden@endoframe.com>
To: Tim Lewis <talewis@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org <gnome-list@gnome.org>; Marcus Brubaker
<spoon@elpaso.net>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: Installation problem


>Tim, Marcus, thanks for your help.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tim Lewis <talewis@worldnet.att.net>
>To: Braden N. McDaniel <braden@endoframe.com>
>Cc: gnome-list@gnome.org <gnome-list@gnome.org>
>Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 1:19 AM
>Subject: Re: Installation problem
>
>
>>Branden,
>>Edit /etc/hosts and change the line:
>>
>>127.0.0.1  localhost
>>
>>to read:
>>
>>127.0.0.1  localhost <my_machine_name>
>>
>>My machine is called tlewis, so my host file reads:
>>
>>127.0.0.1  localhost tlewis
>>
>>This should cure your problem.
>
>Yes, I think it did. I nolonger get the error message I was getting, and
>Enlightenment starts successfully. However, I don't get the gnome panel.
And
>when I minimize a window, it seems to disappear to someplace inaccessible.
I
>get the impression that some other stuff is supposed to be starting up, but
>isn't.

Nevermind. Not sure what the deal was, but since rebooting the machine,
things seem to be working fine.

>Another thing... The last several pixels of the desktop background are
>devoted to a sort of reflection pool effect. It's neat, but clearly hampers
>the responsiveness of the UI on my machine. How do I turn it off?

Figured this one out, too.


Braden