On 28/06/00 21:52 +0530, raven spewed into the LI bitstream:

>       i have been using my RH 6.1 fer sometime now and it has started to show
>hostname errors.
>during boot it shows http service error.also it doesnt recognise my
>computer domain name ..it says hostname lookup failure!!!

Check your DNS settings in /etc/resolv.conf - should be VSNL delhi's dns
numbers

>also i downloaded the licq and it has arrived in tar.gz format cud u
>tell me how to unpack and install it as i am unfamiliar with how to
>uncompress and install gzip files

As root do

# tar -xvpf licq.tar.gz (or whatever it is called)

# cd licq (whichever directory it is unzipped into)

# ./configure

# make install

there you are :)

actually it'd be wise to read the README and INSTALL files which you'll
see in the directory first ...

-- 
Suresh Ramasubramanian + [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
                -- Euripides

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