# Changing hostname of linux device make perspective workstation app to failed starting with "Browser creation failed" error? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [January 21, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-hostname-of-linux-device-make-perspective-workstation-app-to-failed-starting-with-browser-creation-failed-error/101192 "2025-01-21T18:41:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-hostname-of-linux-device-make-perspective-workstation-app-to-failed-starting-with-browser-creation-failed-error/101192/3 "2025-01-22T17:41:02Z")
Heh, was just looking for this post to direct you over to here. Glad you got it sorted. > [@Perspective Workstation not starting after changing the machine name on RedHat](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-workstation-not-starting-after-changing-the-machine-name-on-redhat/101196): > > We needed multiple PCs with the same configuration on RedHat, so we installed one, and cloned it to 25 other PCs. Perspective Workstation is configured to auto start and works perfectly on all machine. If we rename the PC (as we don't want to have multiple PCs with the same name), Perspective Workstation does not start, with the Unable to create browser instances. I saw this link: [Browser Creation Failed - Unable to create browser instances](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/browser-creation-failed-unable-to-create-browser-instances/59310), but we don't want to reinstall on every PC. If we s… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/changing-hostname-of-linux-device-make-perspective-workstation-app-to-failed-starting-with-browser-creation-failed-error/101192)._