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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.texas.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!news From: verba@cris.com (Paul Verba) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Cant set hostname, changed value in /etc/sysconfig but no effect. Date: 29 Apr 1996 20:40:55 GMT Organization: RAI Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4m39gn$7j3@tribune.concentric.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cnc000124.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 Hi, I can't set hostname, it always reverts to myhost. I have changed the value of hostname in sysconfig, and still it reverts to myhost. I set up /etc/hosts, and resolv.conf. This causes problems with sendmail, I can't send mail to other users on the machine. So what else could be wrong? Also, I got x-windows running at one point, and now suddenly, I get the error: SVGA: Insufficient video memory for all resolutions ... Fatal server error: No valid modes found. All I did was install xdm on one of my virtual terminals, then couldn't login because I hadn't defined any root passwd. So I rebooted without syncing, and had to load up the original floppy disk, and go through custom installation, mounting partitions,ect... I broke out of the installation and went to post -installation, and created a few users. Then I rebooted the machine, and xdm didn't work. xstart gave me the above error. So I ran the xf86config again, and still nothing happened. Any ideas? Andrew Verba