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wpurcell

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Registered: 2009-06-28

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How to change the hostname/nodename in conky

Hello. How do I go about changing the hostname of my computer. This to change the "nodename" in my conky.conf. Thanks in advance.

pvsage

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Registered: 2009-10-18

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Re: How to change the hostname/nodename in conky

`sudo nano /etc/hostname`

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tranche

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Registered: 2011-02-04

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Re: How to change the hostname/nodename in conky

And check /etc/hosts after you reboot to make sure the change propagated there.  It's supposed to, and it does in most cases, but I've had it fail.

wpurcell

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Re: How to change the hostname/nodename in conky

Very good. Thanks!!

Mr.Voorxotho

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Registered: 2011-02-05

Posts: 34

Re: How to change the hostname/nodename in conky

I've tried 'sudo nano /etc/hostname', 'sudo nano /etc/hosts', & 'sudo nano /etc/host', but it makes no difference, other than getting an 'unable to resolve host message' in terminal.

[EDIT] I repeated the procedure in Gedit, & it's worked: nice one.

Last edited by Mr.Voorxotho (2011-04-19 16:14:49)

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