>>>>> "JA" == Jay Austad <Austad> writes:

    JA> You need to add this line to /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost

Actually, if  you look at Marc's earlier message, you will see that he
claims to have set the DOMAIN name to localhost, which could easily be
goofing things up!

R



    >> -----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.
    >> 
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