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Ubuntu 10.10 i have strange terminal prompt...

Asked by GREG T.

when i open the terminal it shows a bunch of numbers and letters behind my computer name
linuxer-ZC698JJ-ABA-SR5710ND :~$ . this is what it looks like ,it is also in the screen saver gltext
 how do i change this

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François Tissandier (baloo) said : 		#1

Are you sure not rather linuxer@⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅⋅ ?

It's the name of your account and the name of your computer.
Why do you want to change this ? Except for the screensaver, I don't think it's a big deal.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

Please not that maverick is still beta. It is NOT ready and NOT stable.

Can you give the output of:

clear; echo "Hostname ="; cat /etc/hostname; echo; echo "hosts file ="; cat /etc/hosts

Thanks

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#3

here you go
ubuntuer@ubuntuer-GC668AA-ABA-SR5110NX:~$ clear; echo "Hostname ="; cat /etc/hostname; echo; echo "hosts file =";

Hostname =
ubuntuer-GC668AA-ABA-SR5110NX

hosts file =
ubuntuer@ubuntuer-GC668AA-ABA-SR5110NX:~$ cat /etc/hosts

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

Than that is your host name, it's the name of the PC on the network.

If you want to edit it then run:

gksudo gedit /etc/hosts; gksudo gedit /etc/hostname

and change both to be EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY the same. If you put 2 different names in the files (case counts too) then you WILL get issues, hence me labouring EXACTLY.

Reboot and it will be fine.

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GREG T. (ubuntuer) said : 		#5

worked great ! thank you .

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zeecat (chefantony) said : 		#6

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