Technical data

Login Error Message
You might encounter the following error message when you log in to a Java Desktop System
session:
Could not look up internet address for hostname.
This will prevent GNOME from operating correctly.
It may be possible to correct the problem by adding
hostname to the file /etc/hosts
Workaround: Ensure that your hostname is set up correctly in the /etc/hosts le. Perform the
following steps:
1. Set the hostname in the /etc/hosts le as follows:
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost hostname
localhost.localdomain
hostname is the name of your system.
2. Ensure that your hostname is listed in the /etc/nodename le. This le must also contain the
following line:
127.0.0.1 localhost loghost hostname
localhost.localdomain
Help System
Wrong Help Window Opened For Volume Control (6253210)
If you use the Yelp browser to open the online help for Volume Control, the help le for the
Keyboard Accessibility panel application is opened instead.
Workaround: None.
Online Help Freezes (5090731)
If you open an application's online help and no help les exist for that application, an error
dialog box is displayed. Unless you click OK, the online Help system freezes and you cannot
open the online help of other applications that you start subsequently.
Workaround: You must click the OK button in the error dialog box.
Sun Java Desktop System
Chapter 2 • Solaris Runtime Issues 93