techquilla Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 everytime i start X window, an error appears that says : "could not look up internet address for dhcp-2150-123. This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by adding dhcp-2150-123 to the file /etc/hosts. " can anyone tell me what should i do? does this have anything to do with the fact that i'm connecting ot the internet through cable modem via dhcp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmd3x Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 What distro/versions are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud1979 Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 what this means is that your cable company is giving your computer the host name of dhcp-2150-123 and if you add it to your /etc/hosts you will not see this message. Most of the time this will not hurt anything but if you are going to add this to your host file if you will keep the name a while. the other way is to get a static ip and then you can just add the name you want and it will stay that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted January 23, 2003 Author Share Posted January 23, 2003 what this means is that your cable company is giving your computer the host name of dhcp-2150-123 and if you add it to your /etc/hosts you will not see this message. Most of the time this will not hurt anything but if you are going to add this to your host file if you will keep the name a while. the other way is to get a static ip and then you can just add the name you want and it will stay that way how do i add it to the /etc/hosts file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted January 23, 2003 Share Posted January 23, 2003 how do i add it to the /etc/hosts file? Huh? /etc/hosts has the example, so did you check there with your editor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 i did, and its empty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mezz Posted January 24, 2003 Share Posted January 24, 2003 empty? wow... ok.. Add this in your /etc/hosts.. 127.0.0.1 dhcp-2150-123 iomayho Check the man hosts for the more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techquilla Posted January 24, 2003 Author Share Posted January 24, 2003 thanks mezz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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