You need to add this line to /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost > -----Original Message----- > From: John J. Trammell [mailto:trammell at trammell.dyndns.org] > Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 7:44 AM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] problem > > > On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 12:12:15AM -0600, Marc Olivier wrote: > > ok, here is the situation with my request. I am going to > pester Suse > > Linux, since it is there product, adn they should support it. > > Erm, you're likely to get better support here on TCLUG. > > > Thanks to those who responded for the offers of help, I > appreciate it. > > So why didn't you respond to any of our posts? :-) > > > My main thing right now is, when I go into konsole, and I > type lp, I > > get the following "Get_local_host: 'localhost' IP address not > > available!" > > That sUx0rs. > <stab type="wild">What does your /etc/hosts file look like?</stab> > > > Now, I get this after setting host name as "linux" and > domain name as > > "localhost", and I have the network address as follows: > Network device > > =eth0 Setup method; Static address setup (because DHCP > won't take at > > all without an external server address for some reason) > > Prolly because DHCP means that you have to talk to a server > to get your host config info. Again I ask: is your ISP set > up to give you a dynamic address? Do you have a dialup, DSL, > cable, ISDN, what? > > > IP address=192.168.0.1 Subnet mask=255.255.255.0 > > Earlier, I had entered several addresses in the name server > list, and > > now, I can't get them out. What is happening? > > Very likely your name server addresses got put into > /etc/resolv.conf. One of your other posts mentions that you > have a dialup connection. If you're not connected to your > ISP, you're not going to be able to do much with that. > > I'm puzzled as to what you are trying to do. It sounds like > you're working on printing, some sort of ethernet setup > (eth0), some sort of dialup setup (modem mentioned > elsewhere), and some sort of name service stuff. I would > suggest the following to-do list, done in the following order: > > 1. Get your host configured correctly; IP address, et > cetera. 2. Get dialup networking going. That way you can use the > host on the net to read mail and update packages. > 3. Get printing going. > > -- > johntrammell at yahoo.com | 78BA 706C C5F9 9321 E7C4 933B D063 > 907B A88E 924B Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List > (TCLUG) Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org >