Gnome - Could not look up internet address for

[Gregory P. Ennis]

On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 08:09 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 17:32 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> > Everyone,
> > 
> > I have been tweaking a new Fc4 installation and changed the name of the
> > machine from old.domain.net to new.domain.net by changing the name in
> > Network Configuration module by going into the tab labeled DNS and
> > changing the hostname from old to new.  
> > 
> > After I did this I keep getting the following message when I login using
> > gnome.
> > 
> > "Could not look up internet address for new.domain.net.  This will
> > prevent gnome from operating correctly.  It may be possible to correct
> > the problem by adding new.domain.net to the file /etc/hosts."
> > 
> > I have tried doing what the warning suggested, but there were no changes
> > in the warning.  
> > 
> > This may be an easy fix but I can not find a reference to point me in
> > the right direction.  
> > 
> > When the name is changed on a machine is there more than one place to
> > change the name. Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> What's in /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts ?
> 
> Paul.
> -- 
Paul,

Thank you for helping.   I am about ready to start a bug report for
gnome.  The proper name is in the network file as well as in the host
file.  Once I get past the warning message I have not been able to
detect any problems or lack of function with the PC.  It uses all DNS
servers as well as the host file properly for pings, ssh, browsing etc.

Any other ideas would be appreciated.

Greg