Changing host

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On Sat, 03 Jun 2006 22:09:39 -0400 "Mark Haney" <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:

> 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.

$startx will take you to your last login desktop.  If you used Gnome last, it
will take you there, and vise-versa with KDE.

As far as the localhost.localdomain You can get to this, if you are using
Gnome, under System => Administration => Network

Hope this helps.

Will
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