http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192304 Bug ID: 1192304 Summary: Device / computer name (hostname) cannot be set from GNOME Control Center, and counterintuitive to figure out in YaST Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: Other OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed Status: NEW Severity: Minor Priority: P5 - None Component: GNOME Assignee: gnome-bugs@suse.de Reporter: nekohayo@gmail.com QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- I've been trying out OpenSUSE and have been quite confused by the fact that, unlike in Fedora or Debian/Ubuntu, you cannot set the computer's name from GNOME Control Center (the OS ignores/resets the changes). Figuring out how to set this up felt needlessly complicated and confusing, and I even tried searching on the web how to do it in YaST, finding vague (and misleading) third-party guides. When I see that it didn't work from GNOME Control Center, I tried setting it from the so-called "Hostnames" module in YaST, which was a bit too technical and scary for me: I'm no network admin, I know next to nothing except that if I replace "localhost" sometimes weird things can happen, so I had no idea what to do there; I tried setting the alias there. Didn't work. Then I tried replacing the "localhost" hostname value for ::1 and 127.0.0.1, and it still didn't work: GNOME Terminal, GNOME Control Center, didn't show the updated name (only localhost) and trying to ping the machine (on a local network) by its name didn't work, even after a reboot. Only by asking the hivemind on Twitter, where @antlarr pointed out that the Hostname module is not actually where you set the hostname, but rather in the "Network" module (which, upon opening, loudly complains that the system is managed by NetworkManager, and as a user you have to know to ignore that and keep digging), was I able to solve the problem:

"[...] go to System / Network Settings . Then open the Hostname/DNS tab and there you have "Static Hostname" which is what you want to change. Also, you might want to set to "no" the "Set Hostname via DHCP" option just in case."

Users shouldn't have to jump through hoops of confusion to set their computer's name. Ideally, it should "just work" with GNOME Control Center, or clicking that button in GNOME Control Center should open the correct YaST module at the correct tab (but that's kind of ludicrous vs just setting it for me), and failing all that, at least the Hostnames module in YaST should empower me to do what I thought it was meant to do as a user. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.