System Crash

[dirramu]

I installed FC3 about two week ago and ever since I'v got an error message saying

Could not look up internet adress for localhost.localadmin This will prevent Gnome from operating correctly. It may be possible to correct the problem by adding localhost.localdomain to the /etc/hosts

But as of last night I get to the username/password page then it hangs indefinitely.

I know I can select failsafe terminal to correct the problem but really don't know what to do. I'm a noobie so would appreciate any help.

[mjman]

login with failsafe terminal as root. type vi /etc/hosts. make sure that the line:

127.0.0.1       localhost.localdomain

is in the file. If not, type i to go to insert mode, put the line in, then type esc then :wq and hit enter. that should hopefully fix it.