Changing host

[Mark Haney]

under.actuate at gmail.com wrote:
> Hey,
>
> You know how, when Linux boots, just before the GUI login screen 
> appears, you see the console and it looks like
>
> localhost.localdomain:
>
> It just sits there briefly and then goes to the GUI login screen.  
> Well, this is how it looked for me until just barely.  Now it looks like
>
> computer_name:
>
> Is there any way to get this back to being localhost.localdomain?  
> Also, how do I get to the GUI from the console?
>
> Jared
>
I don't know about the computer_name deal, is that what you named it at 
some point?  As for getting to the GUI from console, startx works, 
startkde also works if you are using KDE.  And I think (and don't quote 
me) gdm will start gnome, although I've never done that before since 
I've used KDE almost exclusively the last year or so.



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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator	
ERC Broadband