On Wed, May 30, 2001 at 11:49:32AM -0500, Andy Zbikowski (Zibby) wrote: > If you don't have /etc/hosts or /etc/hostname that indicates to me that > something in your install went wrong. This would also cause problems for > KDE and GNOME. > > You can recreate them easily enough. /etc/hosts should look something like > this: > > 127.0.0.1 hostname localhost > > If you have a static ip you should define that as well. hosts would look > something like this in that case: > > 127.0.0.1 localhost > 209.98.65.241 destiny.ringworld.org destiny www > > /etc/hostname is simply the name of your box. The hostname gives > your box personality, so choose wisely. Murphy's law dictates that pos, > crash, burn, etc. don't make good hostnames. By the same law, nor do > unbreakable, untouchable, unhackable... > > Anyway, that's a start to correcting your problems. GNOME and KDE need to > know what localhost is and what ip hostname goes to or they break nicely. > > If it was me, I wouldn't reinstall. I'd roll up my sleaves and fix it. > You're not me, and may find it easier to reinstall. I suggest you roll up > your sleaves and fix it, you'll learn more faster. ;) If it was me, I wouldn't bother to reinstall. If files in /etc are missing, then what else is missing? Or only half installed? If you KNOW that eveything in /var is fine you could try a "rpm -Va" which will check all packages. But again, you might spend more hours chasing this than doing a clean install. florin -- "you have moved your mouse, please reboot to make this change take effect" 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4